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

Reference number: HS/4/168a

Date: 28 May 1822

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Modern translation of letter HS/4/168. Thanks for the Nautical Almanac. Still requires Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society for 1817. Through Francis Baily he will receive copies of his Yearbook, one for his father and one for the Royal Society [of London]

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HS/4/168a
Earliest possible date
28 May 1822
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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, 28 May 1822, HS/4/168a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_168a/translation-of-letter-from-johann-elert-bode-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-berlin, accessed on 08 February 2026

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