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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends two of his publications, one on terrestrial magnetism at Berlin. Comments on the results, and wonders if John Frederick William Herschel would enlist the help of the B.A.A.S. to finance further studies by H. J. R. Petersen.

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HS/7/104
Earliest possible date
28 April 1870
Page extent
6 pages
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Manuscript

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Georg Adolf Erman

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Georg Adolf Erman, Letter, from Georg Adolph Erman to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin, 28 April 1870, HS/7/104, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_104/letter-from-georg-adolph-erman-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-berlin, accessed on 16 March 2026

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