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Herschel8585

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Joseph Johann Littrow
Date:
[25 June 1822]
Source of text:
Columbia Univ. Library (ACCS: RS:HS 19.8 & C: 20.145)
Summary:

Thanks for the publications sent; lists materials JH is sending JL. Asks about quality of Josef Fraunhofer's large telescopes. JH read part of JL's letter of 2 Jan. 1822 at Astronomical Society meeting. Discusses proper motion of sun, JL's work on latitude of the pole star, observatory clocks, micrometers, and the Cambridge Observatory.

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Herschel11331

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Joseph Johann Littrow
Date:
[20 December 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.239 & 20.159
Summary:

Has just heard that the ship carrying JL's clock arrived at Hamburg on the 5th. Gives the name of the Bank to which payment is to be made. Has used his Theory of Comets in a paper.

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