Letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin

Reference number: HS/7/87

Date: 24 February 1830

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is carrying out a study of double stars, comments on some readings, and would welcome any of John Frederick William Herschel's observations. Is planning to build up the library commenced by J. E. Bode at the Observatory. The chart of T. J. Hussey is being engraved.

Reference number: HS/7/87
Earliest possible date: 24 February 1830
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Johann Franz Encke, Letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin, 24 February 1830, HS/7/87, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_87/letter-from-johann-franz-encke-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-berlin, accessed on 16 November 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 7 Eardley Wilmot-F
1820-1871 Reference number: HS/7

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