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Letter, from Frederick W. Beechey to Sir John Herschel, dated at Portishead

Reference number: HS/4/21

Date: 12 September 1848

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Francis Beaufort thinks that Frederick W. Beechey's essay in the Admiralty Manual should include a few lines on the height of the waves of the ocean. Frederick W. Beechey has asked Beaufort to write these lines.

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HS/4/21
Earliest possible date
12 September 1848
Page extent
2 pages
Format
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 Portishead, 12 September 1848, HS/4/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_21/letter-from-frederick-w-beechey-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-portishead, accessed on 10 June 2026

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