Copy of a draft letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Robert FitzRoy, dated at Feldhausen
Reference number: HS/25/5/2
Date: 3 October 1836
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Draft letter. Sends a copy of the printed paper by Robert FitzRoy. Regarding chronometer measurements. Has just received a communication from Alexander von Humboldt in which he seems to have anticipated both John Frederick William Herschel's and Robert FitzRoy's ideas. Comments on a new machine for sounding.
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- HS/25/5/2
- Earliest possible date
- 3 October 1836
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- 10 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy of a draft letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Robert FitzRoy, dated at Feldhausen, 3 October 1836, HS/25/5/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_5_2/copy-of-a-draft-letter-from-john-frederick-william-herschel-to-robert-fitzroy-dated-at-feldhausen, accessed on 13 June 2026
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