Letter, from Heinrich Christian Schumacher to Sir John Herschel, dated at Copenhagen

Reference number: HS/15/367

Date: 17 April 1821

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks for honor conferred by Astronomical Society. Mentions [F. W.] Bessel's paper on the 4th satellite of Saturn. Calculated tables of apparent places of 45 stars, which Heinrich Christian Schumacher plans to publish a

Reference number: HS/15/367
Earliest possible date: 17 April 1821
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Heinrich Christian Schumacher, Letter, from Heinrich Christian Schumacher to Sir John Herschel, dated at Copenhagen, 17 April 1821, HS/15/367, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_367/letter-from-heinrich-christian-schumacher-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-copenhagen, accessed on 02 December 2024

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 15 Sabine-Selwyn
1820-1870 Reference number: HS/15

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