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Letter, from Carl Friedrich Gauss to Sir John Herschel, dated at Göttingen

Reference number: HS/8/76

Date: 31 March 1839

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks for his letter informing him of his having been awarded the Copley medal. Was pleased to receive the observations of the magnetic declination and inclination of London. Projected expedition of Captain J. C. Ross pleases him. C. F. Gauss is now preparing the third volume of the Resultate. Would like John Frederick William Herschel's opinion on one of the papers in this volume. Gives his own views on the magnetic poles.

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HS/8/76
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31 March 1839
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2 pages
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Karl Friedrich Gauss

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Karl Friedrich Gauss, Letter, from Carl Friedrich Gauss to Sir John Herschel, dated at Göttingen, 31 March 1839, HS/8/76, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_76/letter-from-carl-friedrich-gauss-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-göttingen, accessed on 13 May 2025

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