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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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Manuscript

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Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve

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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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