Letter, from Sir Charles Shadwell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Barnes

Reference number: HS/17/198

Date: 1 April 1847

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Presents 'tables for facilitating the approximate prediction of occultation and eclipses for any particular place,' so that seamen without specialized backgrounds in mathematics can observe and improve hydrography.

Reference number: HS/17/198
Earliest possible date: 1 April 1847
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell

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Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell, Letter, from Sir Charles Shadwell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Barnes, 1 April 1847, HS/17/198, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_198/letter-from-sir-charles-shadwell-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-barnes, accessed on 06 December 2024

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 17 Stark-V miscellaneous
1821-1870 Reference number: HS/17

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