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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to F. W. A. Argelander, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/23/54

Date: 23 December 1848

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Copy of a letter. John Frederick William Herschel, president of the Royal Astronomical Society, is writing to F. W. A. Argelander to discover the quantity of results that F. W. A. Argelander wants to present for printing.

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HS/23/54
Earliest possible date
23 December 1848
Page extent
2 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 F. W. A. Argelander, dated at Collingwood, 23 December 1848, HS/23/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_54/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-f-w-a-argelander-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 02 December 2024

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