Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/23/112
Date: 27 December 1851
Description
Copy of a letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Report for the Lords of the Admiralty on the desirability of supplying Thomas Maclear with a transit circle.
- Reference number
- HS/23/112
- Earliest possible date
- 27 December 1851
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort, dated at Collingwood, 27 December 1851, HS/23/112, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_112/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-francis-beaufort-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 25 January 2026
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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