Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Balfour Stewart, dated at Glasgow
Reference number: HS/24/253
Date: 18 March 1869
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Copy of a letter. Agrees with BS's objection against performing daily analyses of individual barometric pressure records. Believes monthly analyses of importance for observing laws of annual pressure.
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- HS/24/253
- Earliest possible date
- 18 March 1869
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- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Balfour Stewart, dated at Glasgow, 18 March 1869, HS/24/253, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_24_253/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-balfour-stewart-dated-at-glasgow, accessed on 06 February 2026
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 24 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/24
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Balfour Stewart
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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