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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has found an error in the printed list he sent recently. Wonders if a certain star listed has ever been observed as a double.

Reference number
HS/5/342
Earliest possible date
7 June 1852
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Alvan Clark

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Alvan Clark, Letter, from Alvan Clark to Sir John Herschel, dated at Boston (Mass.), 7 June 1852, HS/5/342, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_342/letter-from-alvan-clark-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-boston-mass, accessed on 22 March 2025

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