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This chapter includes all the Pallas-related correspondence between Carl Harding and Carl Gauss, in 1803 and 1804. Pallas-related letters by Zach, Maskelyne, and Banks from this period are also included.
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Antonio Cagnoli (1743–1816), professor of mathematics at Modena and president of the Italian Society of Sciences, founded in 1782. In a roster of the society in 1802, Piazzi is not listed as a member, but he joined later. Herschel, Banks, and Maskelyne (in England) and Laplace and Lalande (in France) were all foreign members, and Zach joined them after 1802. Oriani and Lagrange were emeritus members (Cagnoli 1802a:xxii–xxvi). For his catalog of 501 stars, see Cagnoli (1802b).
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Cunningham, C.J. (2017). The Harding Letters. In: Studies of Pallas in the Early Nineteenth Century. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32848-5_9
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