Letter, from Henry Piddington to Sir John Herschel, dated at Calcutta

Reference number: HS/13/408

Date: 10 March 1853

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Of the general ignorance of meteorological matters, especially among sailors; wider distribution of H. Piddington's works would help, but HP is too poor to do that.

Reference number: HS/13/408
Earliest possible date: 10 March 1853
Page extent: 8 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Piddington, Letter, from Henry Piddington to Sir John Herschel, dated at Calcutta, 10 March 1853, HS/13/408, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_408/letter-from-henry-piddington-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-calcutta, accessed on 10 May 2026

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 13 M miscellaneous-Plana
1812-1869 Reference number: HS/13

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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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