Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/15/277
Date: 11 August 1866
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Draft in John Herschel's hand. Opposes sending expensive scientific equipment for J. B. N. Hennessey to use in India; suggests instead a variety of useful observations needing to be made, using inexpensive equipment. Discusses son's [Alexander] spectroscope observations of meteors.
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- HS/15/277
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- 11 August 1866
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine, dated at Collingwood, 11 August 1866, HS/15/277, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_277/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-edward-sabine-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 28 April 2025
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