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Autographed letter, incomplete. Has had a letter from Wilhelm Struve regarding the Standard. Could Henry Kater bring it to the notice of the Royal Society [of London], and advise John Frederick William Herschel?

Reference number
HS/11/13
Earliest possible date
30 March 1830
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Incomplete letter, from Sir John Herschel to Henry Kater, 30 March 1830, HS/11/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_11_13/incomplete-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-henry-kater, accessed on 20 April 2025

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