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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
Earliest possible date
5 June 1848
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Frederick William Beechey

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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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