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Letter, from Adolphe Quetelet to Sir John Herschel, dated at Brussels

Reference number: HS/14/227

Date: 12 November 1841

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Autograph letter signed by sender. System of meteorological observation works well but no English station. Adolphe Quetelet is willing to publish results in England if need be. Points out additional observers for September.

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HS/14/227
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12 November 1841
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3 pages
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Manuscript
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Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet

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Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, Letter, from Adolphe Quetelet to Sir John Herschel, dated at Brussels, 12 November 1841, HS/14/227, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_14_227/letter-from-adolphe-quetelet-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-brussels, accessed on 12 May 2026

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