Letter, from Nathaniel Bowditch [Jr.] to Sir John Herschel, dated at Boston (Mass.)
Reference number: HS/4/203
Date: 9 June 1839
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Have obtained an act of incorporation for their library. Their father did not finish his translation of the fifth volume of the Mecanique celeste.
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- HS/4/203
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- 9 June 1839
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- 2 pages
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Nathaniel [Jr.] Bowditch, Letter, from Nathaniel Bowditch [Jr.] to Sir John Herschel, dated at Boston (Mass.), 9 June 1839, HS/4/203, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_203/letter-from-nathaniel-bowditch-jr-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-boston-mass, accessed on 13 July 2026
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: 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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