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Copy letter, from Jean F. A. Gambart to Sir John Herschel, dated at Marseilles

Reference number: HS/8/41

Date: 22 November 1826

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Copy of a letter. Giving further details and readings of the comet he has been observing.

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HS/8/41
Earliest possible date
22 November 1826
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Jean-Felix Adolphe Gambart

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Jean-Felix Adolphe Gambart, Copy letter, from Jean F. A. Gambart to Sir John Herschel, dated at Marseilles, 22 November 1826, HS/8/41, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_41/copy-letter-from-jean-f-a-gambart-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-marseilles, accessed on 17 May 2025

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