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Autograph letter signed by sender. John Frederick William Herschel has been elected to the Prussian Academy of Science; comments on J. F. Encke's astronomical observations.

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HS/7/91
Earliest possible date
9 March 1839
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Johann Franz Encke

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Johann Franz Encke, Letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin, 9 March 1839, HS/7/91, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_91/letter-from-johann-franz-encke-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-berlin, accessed on 14 February 2026

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