Letter, from Robert FitzRoy to Sir John Herschel, dated at Meteorological Dept., B.o.T.
Reference number: HS/7/256
Date: 17 May 1861
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has checked over John Frederick William Herschel's letter on rainbows and will have it signed Herschel. Encloses a scrap about rain. Mr. Wheelwright's note is curious. Will send a copy of the London Review.
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- HS/7/256
- Earliest possible date
- 17 May 1861
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- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Robert FitzRoy, Letter, from Robert FitzRoy to Sir John Herschel, dated at Meteorological Dept., B.o.T., 17 May 1861, HS/7/256, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_256/letter-from-robert-fitzroy-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-meteorological-dept-bot, accessed on 14 June 2026
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 7 Eardley Wilmot-F
1820-1871 Reference number: HS/7
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Robert FitzRoy
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John Frederick William Herschel
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