Letter, from Frederick W. Beechey to Sir John Herschel, dated at Westbourne Crescent
Reference number: HS/4/12
Date: 5 June 1848
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is sending a sketch of methods to make a scale to meet increasing pressure at depths. Perhaps John Frederick William Herschel could suggest a suitable instrument.
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- HS/4/12
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- 5 June 1848
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Frederick William Beechey, Letter, from Frederick W. Beechey to Sir John Herschel, dated at Westbourne Crescent, 5 June 1848, HS/4/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_12/letter-from-frederick-w-beechey-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-westbourne-crescent, accessed on 03 December 2024
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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 4 Beckedorff-Bullan
1817-1871 Reference number: HS/4
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Frederick William Beechey
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John Frederick William Herschel
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