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Letter from [John Frederick William] Herschel, Slough, to Davies Gilbert, President of the Royal Society

Reference number: MC/1/211

Date: 21 March 1830

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Regarding [Johann Franz] Encke's project of forming a collection of historical observations in the library of the Berlin observatory. Concerning the decision whether the Berlin Observatory should be placed on the list of recipients for the 'Greenwich Observations'.

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MC/1/211
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21 March 1830
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3 pages
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter from [John Frederick William] Herschel, Slough, to Davies Gilbert, President of the Royal Society, 21 March 1830, MC/1/211, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/mc_1_211/letter-from-john-frederick-william-herschel-slough-to-davies-gilbert-president-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 15 May 2026

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