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Letter, from Hans Christian Oersted to Sir John Herschel, dated at Copenhagen

Reference number: HS/13/172

Date: 12 October 1849

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks for promise of kind intervention on his behalf, but he believes that John Frederick William Herschel would not advise him to publish the work in England. Thinks it would be more welcome in Germany. Would like comments and corrections.

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HS/13/172
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12 October 1849
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3 pages
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Hans Christian Oersted, Hans Christian Oersted, Letter, from Hans Christian Oersted to Sir John Herschel, dated at Copenhagen, 12 October 1849, HS/13/172, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_172/letter-from-hans-christian-oersted-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-copenhagen, accessed on 11 August 2026

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