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Letter from Lt Col William Reid, Royal Enginerrs, to J F W Herschel

Reference number: DM/3/117

Date: 3 January 1839

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Transmitting a copy of a circular which has been sent out to tell Governors of British Colonies on the subject of keeping meteorological journals. Also describes efforts by the Admiralty, Trinity House and the East India Company towards wider discussion of the practice of keeping meteorological journals.

Originally enclosing DM/3/118.

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DM/3/117
Earliest possible date
3 January 1839
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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William Reid

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William Reid, Letter from Lt Col William Reid, Royal Enginerrs, to J F W Herschel, 3 January 1839, DM/3/117, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/dm_3_117/letter-from-lt-col-william-reid-royal-enginerrs-to-j-f-w-herschel, accessed on 24 April 2025

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