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Letter, from Wilhelm Struve to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorpat

Reference number: HS/17/112

Date: 19 July 1827

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Announces eight copies of his Catalogus novus stellarum duplicium et multiplicium are being sent. Has delegated some work on double stars to his aid [E. W.] Preuß.

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HS/17/112
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19 July 1827
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5 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, 19 July 1827, HS/17/112, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_112/letter-from-wilhelm-struve-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-dorpat, accessed on 24 March 2025

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