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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

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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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