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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Augustus Lloyd, dated at Feldhausen

Reference number: HS/25/4/18

Date: 5 December 1835

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Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Comments on the possible loss of some mail going to England, the longitude of Mauritius, and the tides at the Cape. Wonders if anyone was able to observe Halley's Comet during the recent solar eclipse.

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HS/25/4/18
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5 December 1835
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4 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 John Augustus Lloyd, dated at Feldhausen, 5 December 1835, HS/25/4/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_4_18/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-john-augustus-lloyd-dated-at-feldhausen, accessed on 13 June 2026

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