Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty
Reference number: HS/3/319
Date: 2 September 1831
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is much obliged for his advice regarding [Stephen] Groombridge's catalogue. Will send him the proof sheets as available. Has he seen Gerard Moll's Decline of Science in England?
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- HS/3/319
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- 2 September 1831
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Francis Beaufort, Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty, 2 September 1831, HS/3/319, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3_319/letter-from-francis-beaufort-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-admiralty, accessed on 16 July 2025
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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 3 Babinet-Beaufort
1819-1869 Reference number: HS/3
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Francis Beaufort
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John Frederick William Herschel
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