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RefNoHS/14/203
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Adolphe Quetelet to Sir John Herschel, dated at Brussels
CreatorAdolphe Quetelet
Date18 May 1830
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Announces second volume of translation of John Frederick William Herschel's Light is out in Paris. Is sending a copy. Work progresses slowly. Problems because of revolution. Adolphe Quetelet's collaborator [P. F.] Verhulst is very ill. Will leave for Italy soon. Discusses his previous trip to Germany. Saw [William] Whewell. Has received Astronomical Society's memoirs.
LanguageFrench
Extent3pp
FormatManuscript
Place originBrussels, Belgium
Origin coordinates50.846667, 4.3525
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3048
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA2866Quetelet; Lambert Adolphe Jacques (1796 - 1874)1796 - 1874
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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