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Letter, from Johann Elert Bode to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin

Reference number: HS/4/164

Date: 12 May 1821

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks for letter. Will do all in his power to further the cause of the Astronomical Society. Missing parts of Nautical Almanac and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Would John Frederick William Herschel look into matter. Unable to send complete set of his Astronomical Yearbook, but can supply some for a suitable sum.

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HS/4/164
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12 May 1821
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3 pages
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Johann Elert Bode

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Johann Elert Bode, Letter, from Johann Elert Bode to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin, 12 May 1821, HS/4/164, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_164/letter-from-johann-elert-bode-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-berlin, accessed on 26 January 2025

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