Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/15/203
Date: 20 February 1847
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has discovered a flaw in the theory of actinometer observations. Realizes that John Frederick William Herschel's actinometer observations at the Cape may be useless and that observations made at Government and East India
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- HS/15/203
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- 20 February 1847
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- 4 pages
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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine, dated at Collingwood, 20 February 1847, HS/15/203, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_203/letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-edward-sabine-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 04 December 2024
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