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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Wilhelm Struve, dated at Slough

Reference number: HS/21/68

Date: 10 April 1830

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Copy of a letter. Glad Wilhelm Struve is coming to England but cautions that London empties in June. Congratulates Wilhelm Struve on measurement of a 'great Northern arc.' Complains about the division of the Royal Society into 'parties'. Adds [James] South's results showing a sixth star, nearer than Wilhelm Struve's fifth, in trapezium of Orion.

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HS/21/68
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10 April 1830
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3 pages
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Wilhelm Struve, dated at Slough, 10 April 1830, HS/21/68, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_21_68/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-wilhelm-struve-dated-at-slough, accessed on 17 January 2026

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