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Letter, from Giovanni Santini to Sir John Herschel, dated at Venice

Reference number: HS/15/347

Date: 29 December 1840

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends stellar catalogue. Requests Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society from 1800 to 1840 for University of Padua library.

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HS/15/347
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29 December 1840
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Giovanni Sante Gaspero Santini

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Giovanni Sante Gaspero Santini, Letter, from Giovanni Santini to Sir John Herschel, dated at Venice, 29 December 1840, HS/15/347, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_347/letter-from-giovanni-santini-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-venice, accessed on 07 December 2024

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