Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty
Reference number: HS/3/345
Date: 12 April 1836
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Encloses Annual Report of the Royal Astronomical Society Hopes he has been amused by the French pamphlets on John Frederick William Herschel's discoveries relating to the moon. Capt. George Back will be proceeding this year in the Terror to investigate the discoveries of J. C. Ross and John Franklin on the N. coast of America. Read John Frederick William Herschel's last note about the comet to the Society [the Royal Astronomical Society?].
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- HS/3/345
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- 12 April 1836
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Francis Beaufort, Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty, 12 April 1836, HS/3/345, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3_345/letter-from-francis-beaufort-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-admiralty, accessed on 10 November 2024
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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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