Letter, from Christian August Friedrich Peters to Sir John Herschel, dated at Altona

Reference number: HS/13/371

Date: 5 April 1869

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Comments on exchange of astronomical works with John Frederick William Herschel. Christian August Friedrich Peters expects to improve the observatory library now that the Prussians have taken over Altona. Is making arrangements to carry out some pendulum experiments.

Reference number: HS/13/371
Earliest possible date: 5 April 1869
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Christian August Friedrich Peters

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Christian August Friedrich Peters, Letter, from Christian August Friedrich Peters to Sir John Herschel, dated at Altona, 5 April 1869, HS/13/371, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_371/letter-from-christian-august-friedrich-peters-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-altona, accessed on 19 July 2026

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 13 M miscellaneous-Plana
1812-1869 Reference number: HS/13

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