Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James David Forbes, dated at Feldhausen
Reference number: HS/25/4/11
Date: 30 May 1835
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Copy letter in John Herschel's hand. Discusses reduction of barometric observations. Praises the Cape's climate.
- Reference number
- HS/25/4/11
- Earliest possible date
- 30 May 1835
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- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James David Forbes, dated at Feldhausen, 30 May 1835, HS/25/4/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_4_11/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-james-david-forbes-dated-at-feldhausen, 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 25 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/25 -
Copy book of Sir John Herschel's outgoing correspondence, vol. 4, from 14 October 1834 to 20 February 1836
1873 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , John Herschel Reference number: HS/25/4
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John Frederick William Herschel
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James David Forbes
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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