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

Reference number: HS/17/115

Date: 6 May 1828

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Accepts Herschel's extension of Class I double stars. Comments on comparison of these and suggests comparison of respective scales might be mutually useful. Includes continuation of work on micrometer measurements of Saturn. Notices strange eccentricity of Saturn's rings. Is considering comparing his degree-measurements with Finland and Lapland.

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HS/17/115
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6 May 1828
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve

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Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve, Letter, from [Wilhelm] Struve to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorpat, 6 May 1828, HS/17/115, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_115/letter-from-wilhelm-struve-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-dorpat, accessed on 11 November 2025

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