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Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert FitzRoy, dated at Feldhausen

Reference number: HS/7/248

Date: 3 October 1836

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Draft letter. Sends a copy of the printed paper by Robert FitzRoy. Regarding chronometer measurements. Has just received a communication from Alexander von Humboldt in which he seems to have anticipated both John Frederick William Herschel's and Robert FitzRoy's ideas. Comments on a new machine for sounding.

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HS/7/248
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3 October 1836
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10 pages
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Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert FitzRoy, dated at Feldhausen, 3 October 1836, HS/7/248, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_248/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-robert-fitzroy-dated-at-feldhausen, accessed on 24 June 2025

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