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

Reference number: HS/4/69a

Date: 4 July 1834

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Modern translation of letter HS/4/69. Wishes John Frederick William Herschel well at the Cape; describes some of his current observations.

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HS/4/69a
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4 July 1834
Page extent
4 pages
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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, 4 July 1834, HS/4/69a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_69a/translation-of-letter-from-friedrich-wilhelm-bessel-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-königsberg, accessed on 05 December 2024

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