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Letter from Captain [Thomas Henry] Tizard, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, London, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison

Reference number: CD/118/4

Date: 04 April 1903

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The Hydrographer [of the Admiralty] agrees that the results from the magnetic observations should be tabulated at the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty. The Foreign Office should request copies of observations made by the Germans in the Antarctic as well.

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CD/118/4
Earliest possible date
04 April 1903
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On paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Henry Tizard

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Thomas Henry Tizard, Letter from Captain [Thomas Henry] Tizard, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, London, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison, 04 April 1903, CD/118/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/cd_118_4/letter-from-captain-thomas-henry-tizard-hydrographic-department-admiralty-london-to-robert-william-frederick-harrison, accessed on 07 October 2026

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