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Draft letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to George Biddell Airy, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/1/107

Date: 25 August 1842

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Draft not in Herschel's hand. Information on the constitution of a sub-committee formed to revise instructions issued to the Magnetic Observatory. Further instructions regarding the functioning of this committee.

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HS/1/107
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25 August 1842
Page extent
3 pages.
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Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to George Biddell Airy, dated at Collingwood, 25 August 1842, HS/1/107, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_1_107/draft-letter-from-john-frederick-william-herschel-to-george-biddell-airy-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 14 July 2025

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