Letter, from Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel to Sir John Herschel, dated at Königsberg
Reference number: HS/4/66
Date: 2 May 1822
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel becoming Associate member of Astronomical Society; Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel is planning to prepare a new major star catalogue.
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- HS/4/66
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- 2 May 1822
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel, Letter, from Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel to Sir John Herschel, dated at Königsberg, 2 May 1822, HS/4/66, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_66/letter-from-friedrich-wilhelm-bessel-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-königsberg, accessed on 04 December 2024
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: 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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Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
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John Frederick William Herschel
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