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Letter, from Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh

Reference number: HS/4/76

Date: 5 July 1842

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Autograph letter signed by sender. About further travel plans, and people Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel is meeting as he travels in Britain.

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HS/4/76
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5 July 1842
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel

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Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel, Letter, from Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh, 5 July 1842, HS/4/76, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_76/letter-from-friedrich-wilhelm-bessel-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-edinburgh, accessed on 15 March 2026

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