Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty
Reference number: HS/3/404
Date: 1 February 1839
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Inquires about appropriate person to add to the Cape Observatory staff, if Francis Beaufort can persuade the Admiralty of the need. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for his comments on chloride of silver; were much better than W. H. F. Talbot's.
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- HS/3/404
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- 1 February 1839
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Francis Beaufort, Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty, 1 February 1839, HS/3/404, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3_404/letter-from-francis-beaufort-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-admiralty, accessed on 13 January 2025
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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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