Letter, from Robert FitzRoy to Sir John Herschel, dated at Meteorological Dept., B.o.T.

Reference number: HS/7/257

Date: 5 October 1861

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending some reports of the Meteorological Dept. Would also like to send a wind-glass and a 'watch=aneroid' but has refrained as he knows John Frederick William Herschel is encumbered with many such things. Encloses a note from Charles Green (Rush's air pilot). Sends a few more notes for his rain collection.

Reference number: HS/7/257
Earliest possible date: 5 October 1861
Page extent: 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., 5 October 1861, HS/7/257, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_257/letter-from-robert-fitzroy-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-meteorological-dept-bot, accessed on 13 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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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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