Incomplete letter, from Thomas Maclear to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Observatory, Cape Town

Reference number: HS/12/195

Date: 4 December 1837

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Autographed letter, incomplete. Thanks for the perusal of Capt. J. A. Lloyd's papers. Comments on Lloyd's work at Mauritius. Does not think a mural circle necessary for the observatory at Mauritius. Regarding the Parade base line at the Cape. Not easy to put the guns into the ground.

Reference number: HS/12/195
Earliest possible date: 4 December 1837
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Thomas Maclear, Incomplete letter, from Thomas Maclear to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Observatory, Cape Town, 4 December 1837, HS/12/195, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_12_195/incomplete-letter-from-thomas-maclear-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-royal-observatory-cape-town, accessed on 03 December 2024

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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 12 Macann-Murray
1825-1870 Reference number: HS/12

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