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Translation of letter, from Johann Elert Bode to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin

Reference number: HS/4/166a

Date: 10 November 1821

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Modern translation of letter. Inquires after a case of Year-books previously dispatched. Cost £14-4-0 "surely the case is not lost?". No news for 6 months.

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HS/4/166a
Earliest possible date
10 November 1821
Page extent
1 page
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Manuscript
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Johann Elert Bode

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Johann Elert Bode, Translation of letter, from Johann Elert Bode to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin, 10 November 1821, HS/4/166a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_166a/translation-of-letter-from-johann-elert-bode-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-berlin, accessed on 16 January 2025

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