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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Henry Kater, dated at St. John's College, Cambridge

Reference number: HS/20/231

Date: 21 March 1826

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Copy of a letter. Asks for the use of an invariable pendulum and a clock from the Board of Longitude so that G. B. Airy and William Whewell can carry out experiments to measure the change in gravity and the mean density of the earth, in a Yorkshire coal m

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HS/20/231
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21 March 1826
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3 pages
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Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Henry Kater, dated at St. John's College, Cambridge, 21 March 1826, HS/20/231, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_20_231/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-henry-kater-dated-at-st-johns-college-cambridge, accessed on 03 December 2024

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