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

Reference number: HS/4/23

Date: 28 February 1851

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Considers John Frederick William Herschel's form preferable to his own so will omit his. As John Frederick William Herschel is in London perhaps he would call and see his tidal stream theory, as he is free most days after 3 p.m.

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HS/4/23
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28 February 1851
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4 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, 28 February 1851, HS/4/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_23/letter-from-frederick-w-beechey-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-westbourne-crescent, accessed on 14 May 2026

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