Copy of letter from, William Radcliffe Birt to John Lee

Reference number: HS/4/117

Date: 24 July 1847

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Incomplete copy of a letter. Birt is of the opinion greater efforts should be made for the advancement of science and remarks the British Association have given a 'systemic direction' to many branches of science. The advancement of meteorology will mainly depend on observations at different points on the earth's surface.

Reference number: HS/4/117
Earliest possible date: 24 July 1847
Page extent: 12 pages
Format: Manuscript

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William Radcliffe Birt

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William Radcliffe Birt, Copy of letter from, William Radcliffe Birt to John Lee, 24 July 1847, HS/4/117, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_117/copy-of-letter-from-william-radcliffe-birt-to-john-lee, accessed on 13 May 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 4 Beckedorff-Bullan
1817-1871 Reference number: HS/4

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John Lee
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This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

Dates: 1807 - 1875

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