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Letter, 'On the anticipation of the discovery of the new planet by Herschel by Prof Meyer of Gottigen on 2/7/1756' from Johann Elert Bode to Joseph Banks

Reference number: L&P/8/98

Date: 2 April 1784

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Two pages in French and three pages of English translation.

Subject: Astronomy

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Reference number
L&P/8/98
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2 April 1784
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Ink on paper
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5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Johann Elert Bode

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Johann Elert Bode, Letter, 'On the anticipation of the discovery of the new planet by Herschel by Prof Meyer of Gottigen on 2/7/1756' from Johann Elert Bode to Joseph Banks, 2 April 1784, L&P/8/98, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_98/letter-on-the-anticipation-of-the-discovery-of-the-new-planet-by-herschel-by-prof-meyer-of-gottigen-on-271756-from-johann-elert-bode-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 11 February 2025

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