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

Reference number: HS/7/259

Date: 21 April 1862

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Regarding water in the atmosphere. Effect of the moon on clouds. Some of the curiosities seen by his son while at the Embassy in Japan, including a device for giving warnings of earthquakes. Intends to show combinations of wind currents.

Reference number: HS/7/259
Earliest possible date: 21 April 1862
Page extent: 13 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Robert FitzRoy, Letter, from Robert FitzRoy to Sir John Herschel, dated at Meteorological Dept., B.o.T., 21 April 1862, HS/7/259, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_259/letter-from-robert-fitzroy-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-meteorological-dept-bot, accessed on 08 December 2025

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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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