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Copy letter, from James David Forbes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh

Reference number: HS/7/291

Date: 14 November 1836

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Copy letter in John Herschel's hand. Pleased to hear John Frederick William Herschel's work is progressing. Disappointed with Dr. [John] Davy's meteorological observations at Malta. Comments on other scientific news, including recent eclipse, [Andrew] Crosse's controversial artificial crystals at Bristol B.A.A.S. meeting, JF's 1832 observations in Switzerland, and William Whewell's and William Buckland's books.

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HS/7/291
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14 November 1836
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4 pages
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James David Forbes, Copy letter, from James David Forbes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh, 14 November 1836, HS/7/291, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_291/copy-letter-from-james-david-forbes-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-edinburgh, accessed on 25 March 2025

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