Letter, from Heinrich Christian Schumacher to Sir John Herschel, dated at Altona
Reference number: HS/15/384
Date: 11 February 1840
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. Asks John Frederick William Herschel to petition King Christian VIII of Denmark to support the Altona observatory.
- Reference number
- HS/15/384
- Earliest possible date
- 11 February 1840
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- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Heinrich Christian Schumacher, Letter, from Heinrich Christian Schumacher to Sir John Herschel, dated at Altona, 11 February 1840, HS/15/384, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_384/letter-from-heinrich-christian-schumacher-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-altona, accessed on 03 December 2024
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This item is part of:
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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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Heinrich Christian Schumacher
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John Frederick William Herschel
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