Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort, dated at London
Reference number: HS/3/355a
Date: 29 June 1838
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Draft "of semiofficial" letter. Fulfills request for advice on the operation of the Cape Observatory. Urges, among other points, that Thomas Maclear be given a second assistant and an improved telescope and that the observatory be assigned to undertake tidal, meteorological, and magnetic observations.
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- HS/3/355a
- Earliest possible date
- 29 June 1838
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- 12 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort, dated at London, 29 June 1838, HS/3/355a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3_355a/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-francis-beaufort-dated-at-london, accessed on 29 April 2025
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