Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Pond, dated at Hastings
Reference number: HS/14/34
Date: 23 July 1825
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Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Introduces [C. T.] Largeteau from France, who wishes to receive from John Pond the observations made at Greenwich as part of the determination of the difference in longitude between the Greenwich and Paris observatories. Recounts some difficulties encountered in making the measurements.
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- HS/14/34
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- 23 July 1825
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- 4 pages
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Pond, dated at Hastings, 23 July 1825, HS/14/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_14_34/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-john-pond-dated-at-hastings, accessed on 14 July 2025
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