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From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 July 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.1
Summary:

FB's observations. Happy to become associate of new Astronomical Society. Discusses observations of Halley's Comet by James Bradley and Nathaniel Bliss.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5576

From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 May 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.66
Summary:

Thanks JH for FB becoming Associate member of Astronomical Society; FB is planning to prepare a new major star catalogue.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5577

From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 July 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.67
Summary:

Thanks JH for some papers, sends some of his own; comments about errors in Greenwich star catalogue.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5578

From:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 June 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.68
Summary:

Letter of thanks for a copy of JH's thoughts on light.

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John Herschel Project
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