Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel
Reference number: HS/3/367
Date: 10 November 1839
Description
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, 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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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , 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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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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