Letter, from Humphrey Lloyd to Sir John Herschel, dated at Beaumaris

Reference number: HS/11/283

Date: 31 August 1842

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has just received John Frederick William Herschel's circular. Was not fully aware of the labor involved in drawing up the Report of the Council. Needs a new edition of the part concerning the fixed observatories. Outlines method for new edition. Sabine should be responsible for the material on Magnetic Surveys.

Reference number: HS/11/283
Earliest possible date: 31 August 1842
Page extent: 5 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Humphrey Lloyd, Letter, from Humphrey Lloyd to Sir John Herschel, dated at Beaumaris, 31 August 1842, HS/11/283, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_11_283/letter-from-humphrey-lloyd-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-beaumaris, accessed on 17 January 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 11 Kane-L miscellaneous
1821-1870 Reference number: HS/11

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