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

Reference number: HS/15/377

Date: 9 July 1835

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Visits F. W. Bessel in Berlin to discuss pendulum experiments. [C. A.] Steinheil invented a photometer to measure relative light of different stars.

Reference number: HS/15/377
Earliest possible date: 9 July 1835
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Heinrich Christian Schumacher

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German astronomer Schumacher: Heinrich Christian (1780-1850)

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Heinrich Christian Schumacher, German astronomer Schumacher: Heinrich Christian (1780-1850), Letter, from Heinrich Christian Schumacher to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin, 9 July 1835, HS/15/377, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_377/letter-from-heinrich-christian-schumacher-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-berlin, accessed on 06 November 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , 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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