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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Carl Friedrich Gauss, dated at Slough

Reference number: HS/20/111

Date: 11 February 1821

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Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Carl Friedrich Gauss has been elected associate of the Astronomical Society. Hopes the benefits will be mutual. Details of the prize subject for the present year. Has read Carl Friedrich Gauss's communications on the Reichenbach circle to the Society, where it evoked great interest. Comments on this. Carl Friedrich Gauss's certificate has been signed by Fearon Fallows, newly appointed Cape astronomer.

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HS/20/111
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11 February 1821
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4 pages
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Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Carl Friedrich Gauss, dated at Slough, 11 February 1821, HS/20/111, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_20_111/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-carl-friedrich-gauss-dated-at-slough, accessed on 24 June 2025

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