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Letter from W N [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, to Mr [Joseph] Larmor

Reference number: CD/118/2

Date: 10 March 1903

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Shaw encloses copies of correspondence concerning the observations from the Antarctic Expedition, which he is sending to the Royal Society given their responisibility for the publication of the results. Enclosed arew two pages of printed copies of correspondence, with Meteorological Office numbers. The letters are between the Meteorological Office and the Foreign Office and German Embassy, concerning the tabulation of the meteorological records.

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CD/118/2
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10 March 1903
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On paper
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3 pages
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Printed
Manuscript

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William Napier Shaw

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William Napier Shaw, Letter from W N [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, to Mr [Joseph] Larmor, 10 March 1903, CD/118/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/cd_118_2/letter-from-w-n-william-napier-shaw-meteorological-office-63-victoria-street-to-mr-joseph-larmor, accessed on 12 October 2026

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