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Copy notes, on establishing an observatory in Canada, by Francis Beaufort

Reference number: HS/19/206

Date: 17 June 1835

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Handwritten copy note signed FB. Considered the lack of observatories on the East Coast of Canada, United States and South America and its necessity for establishing a standard meridian. Notes that establishing a small observatory in upper Canada would be a good start and that the St Helena instrument could be used there, as well as employing a competent and active astronomer.

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HS/19/206
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17 June 1835
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Ink on paper
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1 p.

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Francis Beaufort

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Francis Beaufort, Copy notes, on establishing an observatory in Canada, by Francis Beaufort, 17 June 1835, HS/19/206, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_19_206/copy-notes-on-establishing-an-observatory-in-canada-by-francis-beaufort, accessed on 30 April 2025

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