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Copy of a letter. Cannot find the source of supposed Wilhelm Struve probability calculation; believes he has made a mistake. Regrets the error was not noticed in time to correct the seventh edition of Outlines Astr.

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HS/24/54
Earliest possible date
18 July 1864
Page extent
1 page
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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 Isaac Todhunter, dated at Collingwood, 18 July 1864, HS/24/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_24_54/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-isaac-todhunter-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 13 December 2024

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