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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks for John Frederick William Herschel's observations and notes on nebulae. Hopes John Frederick William Herschel will come to Etna to see the changes in the crater.

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HS/8/100
Earliest possible date
19 June 1835
Page extent
1 page
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Manuscript

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Mario Gemmellaro

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Mario Gemmellaro, Letter, from Mario Gemmellaro to Sir John Herschel, dated at Nicolosi sull'Etna, 19 June 1835, HS/8/100, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_100/letter-from-mario-gemmellaro-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-nicolosi-sulletna, accessed on 13 June 2025

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