Copy letter, from Heinrich Christian Schumacher to Sir John Herschel, dated at Altona

Reference number: HS/15/373

Date: 30 March 1826

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Copy of a letter. Announces a new step to all astronomers toward understanding the solar system due to work of [Thomas] Clausen of the Altona observatory. Clausen recognized that the comet discovered by Biela was the same as that of 1805 and 1772. Heinric

Reference number: HS/15/373
Earliest possible date: 30 March 1826
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Heinrich Christian Schumacher, Copy letter, from Heinrich Christian Schumacher to Sir John Herschel, dated at Altona, 30 March 1826, HS/15/373, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_373/copy-letter-from-heinrich-christian-schumacher-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-altona, accessed on 18 July 2025

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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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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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