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Letter, from Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bremen

Reference number: HS/13/174

Date: 11 March 1821

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Honored on being elected Foreign Member of the Astronomical Society of London. Finds that the comet he observed in January had already been seen by J. N. Nicollet and J. L. Pons. Saw the remarkable appearance on the dark part of the moon noticed by Henry Kater. Thinks Kater's theory is wrong. Will soon be bringing out a paper on the moon's volcanoes.

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HS/13/174
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11 March 1821
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5 pages
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Heinrich Wilhelm Mathias Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, Letter, from Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bremen, 11 March 1821, HS/13/174, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_174/letter-from-heinrich-wilhelm-matthias-olbers-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-bremen, accessed on 20 July 2026

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