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From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Adolphe Quételet
Date:
19 avril 1828
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1943), p. 952-953.
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La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
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Attended meeting of the Astronomical Society and made observations of Saturn. Invites JH to dinner party. Activities at the Board of Longitude. Contacts with French scientists.
Observed two known satellites of Uranus, confirming William Herschel's observations. States, 'I am sure there are more than two.'