Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Admiralty]
Reference number: HS/3/403
Date: 21 December 1840

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Apologizing for the delay. Sends various map locations. Also extract from Captain F. W. Beechy's letter regarding magnetic operations.
- Reference number
- HS/3/403
- Earliest possible date
- 21 December 1840
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Francis Beaufort, Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Admiralty], 21 December 1840, HS/3/403, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3_403/letter-from-francis-beaufort-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-admiralty, accessed on 08 July 2025
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: 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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