Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James David Forbes
Reference number: HS/21/213
Date: 15 November 1836
Description
Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Discusses methods of magnetic observation, John Frederick William Herschel's actinometric readings in the Cape, and the need for more physical observatories.
- Reference number
- HS/21/213
- Earliest possible date
- 15 November 1836
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James David Forbes, 15 November 1836, HS/21/213, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_21_213/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-james-david-forbes, accessed on 25 March 2025
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This item is part of:
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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 21 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/21
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John Frederick William Herschel
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James David Forbes
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Herschel Letters
This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.
Dates: 1807 - 1875
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