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

Reference number: HS/15/349

Date: 9 August 1850

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Gets copy of Cape Observations through ministry. May visit England to meet with John Frederick William Herschel and G. B. Airy. Sends observations of Biela's Comet.

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HS/15/349
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9 August 1850
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3 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 Padua, 9 August 1850, HS/15/349, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_349/letter-from-giovanni-santini-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-padua, accessed on 04 December 2024

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