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Copy letter, from Palm Heinrich Ludwig Boguslawski to Sir John Herschel, dated at Breslau

Reference number: HS/4/170

Date: 20 September 1838

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Copy of a letter. Has been looking for Encke's Comet. Compares his own and John Frederick William Herschel's readings concerning Halley's Comet. Law of comets in relation to Biela's comet. Will shortly be visiting Wilhelm Olbers.

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HS/4/170
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20 September 1838
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3 pages
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Manuscript
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Palm Heinrich Ludwig von Boguslawski

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Palm Heinrich Ludwig von Boguslawski, Copy letter, from Palm Heinrich Ludwig Boguslawski to Sir John Herschel, dated at Breslau, 20 September 1838, HS/4/170, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_170/copy-letter-from-palm-heinrich-ludwig-boguslawski-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-breslau, accessed on 15 March 2026

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