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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has received the first book of the Memoirs of the Astronomical Society but had to pay duty on the packet.

Reference number
HS/6/483
Earliest possible date
6 May 1822
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre

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Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, Letter, from Jean-Baptiste Delambre to Sir John Herschel, dated at Paris, 6 May 1822, HS/6/483, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_483/letter-from-jean-baptiste-delambre-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-paris, accessed on 11 December 2024

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