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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/23/191

Date: 15 March 1857

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Copy of a letter. Writing article [for Encyclopaedia Britannica] on meteorology. Asks questions regarding work of [H. W.] Dove and [Thomas?] Taylor regarding cyclone and storm theory. Discusses barometric fluctuation.

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HS/23/191
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15 March 1857
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2 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 Edward Sabine, dated at Collingwood, 15 March 1857, HS/23/191, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_191/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-edward-sabine-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 04 December 2024

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