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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

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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 21 March 2025

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