Letter, from Giuseppe Piazzi to General [Donelin?], dated at Palermo

Reference number: HS/13/392

Date: 24 May 1812

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks Donelin for his note in which he sent two monographs by Herschel on the comet of 1811-1812. Remarks he has read both with pleasure but does not agree with Herschel on the nature of comets. Has written a monograph in reply to Herschel's which he has sent to England to Wollaston to communicate to Herschel. Enclosed is a modern translation of the letter.

Reference number: HS/13/392
Earliest possible date: 24 May 1812
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Giuseppe Piazzi

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Giuseppe Piazzi, Letter, from Giuseppe Piazzi to General [Donelin?], dated at Palermo, 24 May 1812, HS/13/392, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_392/letter-from-giuseppe-piazzi-to-general-donelin-dated-at-palermo, accessed on 15 March 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; 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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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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