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RefNoMC/1/211
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [John Frederick William] Herschel, Slough, to Davies Gilbert, President of the Royal Society
Date21 March 1830
DescriptionRegarding [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'.
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
URLAlso available on Epsilon: https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3211
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA7256Encke; Johann Franz (1791 - 1865); astronomer1791 - 1865
NA8707Gilbert; Davies (1767-1839)1767-1839
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