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

Reference number: HS/15/410

Date: 2 August 1850

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Alexander von Humboldt requests that John Frederick William Herschel answer questions about 'coal sacks (plur.)' [Coal Sack of the Southern heavens].

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HS/15/410
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2 August 1850
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Heinrich Christian Schumacher

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Heinrich Christian Schumacher, Letter, from Heinrich Christian Schumacher to Sir John Herschel, dated at Altona, 2 August 1850, HS/15/410, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_410/letter-from-heinrich-christian-schumacher-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-altona, accessed on 02 December 2024

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