Translation of letter, from Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel to Sir John Herschel, dated at Königsberg
Reference number: HS/4/69a
Date: 4 July 1834
Description
Modern translation of letter HS/4/69. Wishes John Frederick William Herschel well at the Cape; describes some of his current observations.
- Reference number
- HS/4/69a
- Earliest possible date
- 4 July 1834
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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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 17 June 2025
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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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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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