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Letter, from Nathaniel Bowditch [Sr.] to Sir John Herschel, dated at Boston (Mass.)

Reference number: HS/4/200

Date: 6 June 1832

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has received copies of his papers that he communicated to the Royal Society [of London] for which he thanks him. John Frederick William Herschel's study on Natural Philosophy has been reprinted in the States. Has forwarded the second volume of Mecanique celeste, one for him and one for the Royal Astronomical Society

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HS/4/200
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6 June 1832
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Nathaniel Bowditch, Letter, from Nathaniel Bowditch [Sr.] to Sir John Herschel, dated at Boston (Mass.), 6 June 1832, HS/4/200, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_200/letter-from-nathaniel-bowditch-sr-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-boston-mass, accessed on 02 December 2024

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