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.
- Reference number
- HS/4/76
- Earliest possible date
- 5 July 1842
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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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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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: 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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