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Reference numberHS/21/112
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Carl Friedrich Gauss, dated at Hanover
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date19 June 1832
DescriptionCopy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Unable to visit, but has sent two papers on the orbits of double stars. Discusses double stars, noting that four double stars are now known to orbit with periods less than a century long. Wilhelm Olbers is seriously ill.
LanguageEnglish
Extent3pp
FormatManuscript
Place originHanover, Germany
Origin coordinates52.366667, 9.716667
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Access statusOpen
Related materialOriginal available: NSUB Cod.Ms.Gauss 99
URL descriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8689
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA8223Gauss; Karl Friedrich (1777 - 1855)1777 - 1855
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