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Autograph letter signed by sender. Interested in John Frederick William Herschel's catalogue of dimmer double stars. Worries about determining parallax of very close stars. Points out mistake in John Frederick William Herschel's formula for determining 'the maxima and minima of the position angles.' Informs John Frederick William Herschel of German translation of William Herschel's writings, Wilhelm Herschels sämmtliche Schriften.

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HS/17/110
Earliest possible date
9 December 1826
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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, 9 December 1826, HS/17/110, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_110/letter-from-wilhelm-struve-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-dorpat, accessed on 09 February 2025

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