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From:
Maximilian Weisse
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 October 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.137
Summary:

Thanks for the honor of being elected a member of the R.S.L. MW is afraid his star catalogue has too many errors to suit him. Tells JH about the many disruptions, both personal and astronomical, over the last few years. MW has recently been doing some meteorological and magnetic observations.

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John Herschel Project
From:
Maximilian Weisse
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 March 1849]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.138
Summary:

Thanks JH for Cape Results sent through [F. G. W.] Struve. Further grateful for the N. L. Lacaille and Jérôme Lalande works sent to the observatory. Appreciates reduction of the moon results as well as the magnetic observation of 1845. Reveals new development in double star zones[?]. Comments on making magnetic observations.

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John Herschel Project
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