Letter, from Wilhelm Struve to Sir John Herschel
Reference number: HS/17/136
Date: 1846-10-4 or later
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends paper on naming of Neptune. Denounces elimination of [J. C. ] Adams's part versus U. J. J. Le Verrier's role regarding Neptune. Will forward Otto Struve's paper on the expedition between Altona and Greenwich and his own Positiones mediae stellarum fixarum.
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- HS/17/136
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- 1846-10-4 or later
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve, Letter, from Wilhelm Struve to Sir John Herschel, 1846-10-4 or later, HS/17/136, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_136/letter-from-wilhelm-struve-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 19 March 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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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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