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

Reference number: HS/4/202

Date: 6 May 1839

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Letter and parcel of papers has reached them safely for which they thank him. Third volume of Mecanique celeste will be sent later together with the fourth volume.

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HS/4/202
Earliest possible date
6 May 1839
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Nathaniel [Jr.] Bowditch

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Nathaniel [Jr.] Bowditch, Letter, from Nathaniel Bowditch [Jr.] to Sir John Herschel, dated at Boston (Mass.), 6 May 1839, HS/4/202, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_202/letter-from-nathaniel-bowditch-jr-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-boston-mass, accessed on 05 December 2024

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