Letter, from Wilhelm Struve to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorpat
Reference number: HS/17/105
Date: 11 August 1823

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for having been nominated to England's Astronomical Society. Notes that his results on double stars agree with those of John Frederick William Herschel and James South. Eagerly awaits new 14-foot achromatic telescope.
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- HS/17/105
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- 11 August 1823
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- 4 pages
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Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve, Letter, from Wilhelm Struve to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorpat, 11 August 1823, HS/17/105, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_105/letter-from-wilhelm-struve-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-dorpat, accessed on 09 February 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 17 Stark-V miscellaneous
1821-1870 Reference number: HS/17
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Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve
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John Frederick William Herschel
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