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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thomas Maclear has sent him another Cape meteorite. Believes that John Frederick William Herschel gave part of a meteorite to the B.M. so does not see why this one should be sent there.

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HS/3/367
Earliest possible date
10 November 1839
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Francis Beaufort

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Sir Francis Beaufort

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Francis Beaufort, Sir Francis Beaufort, Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, 10 November 1839, HS/3/367, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3_367/letter-from-francis-beaufort-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 12 November 2025

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