Letter, from Wilhelm Struve to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorpat
Reference number: HS/17/110
Date: 9 December 1826

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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
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- 9 December 1826
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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, 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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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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