Letter, from Marc August Pictet to Sir John Herschel, dated at Geneva
Reference number: HS/13/398
Date: 19 November 1822
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for the books sent, and describes the work at Geneva in making geodesic measurements.
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- HS/13/398
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- 19 November 1822
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Marc-Auguste Pictet, Letter, from Marc August Pictet to Sir John Herschel, dated at Geneva, 19 November 1822, HS/13/398, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_398/letter-from-marc-august-pictet-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-geneva, accessed on 12 November 2025
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , 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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Marc-Auguste Pictet
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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