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Extract of letter, from Giuseppe Piazzi to W[illiam] Smyth dated at Naples, Italy

Reference number: HS/13/395

Date: 24 August 1821

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Has received a letter from Sir John Herschel dated 13 July, infmring that the University of Cambridge will publish his catalogue of 1814 and original observations. He has given two copies of the catalogue to Dr Young, Secretary of the Royal Society. He will be able to send an appendix of othe rstars which could be added to the new edition. Refers to his original observations and requests Smyth to pass along the particulars of his letter.

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HS/13/395
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24 August 1821
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2 pages
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Giuseppe Piazzi

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Giuseppe Piazzi, Extract of letter, from Giuseppe Piazzi to W[illiam] Smyth dated at Naples, Italy, 24 August 1821, HS/13/395, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_395/extract-of-letter-from-giuseppe-piazzi-to-william-smyth-dated-at-naples-italy, accessed on 16 February 2026

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