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Translation of letter, from Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel to Sir John Herschel, dated at Königsberg

Reference number: HS/4/66a

Date: 2 May 1822

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Modern translation of letter HS/4/66. 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/4/66a
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2 May 1822
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1 pagep
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Manuscript

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Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel

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Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel, Translation of letter, from Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel to Sir John Herschel, dated at Königsberg, 2 May 1822, HS/4/66a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_66a/translation-of-letter-from-friedrich-wilhelm-bessel-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-königsberg, accessed on 10 November 2025

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