Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Frederick W. Beechey, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/4/18

Date: 18 June 1848

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Draft letter. Answers to Frederick W. Beechey's queries concerning the sympiesometer [lightweight barometer].

Reference number: HS/4/18
Earliest possible date: 18 June 1848
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Frederick W. Beechey, dated at Collingwood, 18 June 1848, HS/4/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_18/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-frederick-w-beechey-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 02 December 2024

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