Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to James Clark Ross
Reference number: HS/14/432
Date: 19 July 1839
Description
Draft letter. Describes method of suspending furniture in a ship such that the furniture is less influenced by the ship's motion.
- Reference number
- HS/14/432
- Earliest possible date
- 19 July 1839
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to James Clark Ross, 19 July 1839, HS/14/432, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_14_432/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-james-clark-ross, accessed on 09 December 2025
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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