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

Reference number: HS/15/381

Date: 3 August 1838

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Asks if he can publish the finding that the star in Argo is dimming in Astronomische Nachrichten. Questions whether barometric information should be in feet or yards. Asks John Frederick William Herschel about a publicat

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HS/15/381
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3 August 1838
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Heinrich Christian Schumacher, Letter, from Heinrich Christian Schumacher to Sir John Herschel, dated at Altona, 3 August 1838, HS/15/381, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_381/letter-from-heinrich-christian-schumacher-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-altona, accessed on 13 January 2025

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