Letter, from Heinrich Christian Schumacher to Sir John Herschel, dated at Altona
Reference number: HS/15/406
Date: 15 February 1850
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Autograph letter signed by sender. [A. C.] Petersen [?] claims to have found a new comet near John Frederick William Herschel's nebula #379. Look for it, but do not announce this discovery.
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- HS/15/406
- Earliest possible date
- 15 February 1850
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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Heinrich Christian Schumacher, Letter, from Heinrich Christian Schumacher to Sir John Herschel, dated at Altona, 15 February 1850, HS/15/406, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_406/letter-from-heinrich-christian-schumacher-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-altona, accessed on 24 April 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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Heinrich Christian Schumacher
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John Frederick William Herschel
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