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Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm in correspondent 
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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Date:
[1842-6]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Bessel 225 (C: RS:HS 22.119)
Summary:

Offers to meet FB at Manchester B.A.A.S. meeting and to bring FB to Collingwood for a quiet visit.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Date:
[1842-7]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Bessel 225
Summary:

Informs FB on how to visit Woolwich Arsenal and Dock Yard.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Date:
[8 July 1842]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Bessel 225 (C: RS:HS 22.127)
Summary:

Detailed arrangements for FB's visit [see JH's 1842-6].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Date:
[20 July 1842]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Bessel 225 (C: RS:HS 22.129)
Summary:

Comments on expected honor from Prussian government and on British rules against officially accepting it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Date:
[5 June 1843]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Bessel 225 (C: RS:HS 22.155)
Summary:

Thanks FB for some papers; raises questions relating to remodelling the constellations of the southern sky.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Date:
[28 July 1844]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Bessel 225 (C: RS:HS 22.202)
Summary:

Talks about stiffening a vertical circle, or tube; explains that southern constellation remodelling has been very minimal.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project