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Letter, from Georg Adolph Erman to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin

Reference number: HS/7/112

Date: 31 March 1871

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Regrets that his bad handwriting caused John Frederick William Herschel to misread some of his remarks. Will try to produce a clearer exposition of his results. Comments on his expositions.

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HS/7/112
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31 March 1871
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1 page
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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, 31 March 1871, HS/7/112, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_112/letter-from-georg-adolph-erman-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-berlin, accessed on 16 March 2026

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