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Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty

Reference number: HS/3/347

Date: 11 June 1836

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is enclosing some accounts of the eclipse of the sun. The St. Helena instruments have arrived. Some observations are going to be made in Upper Canada. G. B. Airy proposes some extensive magnetic observations at Greenwich. Is going to Greenwich to see and plan extension to the observatory.

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HS/3/347
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11 June 1836
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Francis Beaufort

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Francis Beaufort, Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty, 11 June 1836, HS/3/347, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3_347/letter-from-francis-beaufort-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-admiralty, accessed on 15 January 2025

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