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Herschel8597

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Johann Franz Encke
Date:
[24 March 1839]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Encke 49
Summary:

Asks JE to express JH's gratitude to the Royal Academy of Berlin for electing JH a foreign member. Discusses JE's observations of divisions in the ring of Saturn, JH's sightings of Saturn's satellites, the British Antarctic expedition, and comets.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8598

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Johann Franz Encke
Date:
[18 June 1839]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Encke 49
Summary:

Asks if JE or the Academy of Sciences wish to participate in the British plan to make worldwide magnetic observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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