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

Reference number: HS/4/167a

Date: 11 December 1821

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Modern translation of letter HS/4/167. Acknowledges John Frederick William Herschel's receipt of Astronomical Yearbook, also payment for same. Thanks for information of Southern comets.

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HS/4/167a
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11 December 1821
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1 pagep
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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, 11 December 1821, HS/4/167a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_167a/translation-of-letter-from-johann-elert-bode-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-berlin, accessed on 14 November 2025

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