Letter, from Johann Franz Encke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin
Reference number: HS/7/91
Date: 9 March 1839
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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
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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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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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: 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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Johann Franz Encke
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John Frederick William Herschel
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