Letter, from Nathaniel Bowditch [Sr.] to Sir John Herschel, dated at Boston (Mass.)
Reference number: HS/4/199
Date: 13 November 1829
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending the first volume of his translation of P. S. Laplace's Mecanique celeste.
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- HS/4/199
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- 13 November 1829
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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Nathaniel Bowditch, Letter, from Nathaniel Bowditch [Sr.] to Sir John Herschel, dated at Boston (Mass.), 13 November 1829, HS/4/199, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_199/letter-from-nathaniel-bowditch-sr-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-boston-mass, accessed on 10 November 2025
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 4 Beckedorff-Bullan
1817-1871 Reference number: HS/4
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Nathaniel Bowditch
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John Frederick William Herschel
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