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

Reference number: HS/7/293

Date: 14 February 1837

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending a letter via Capt. Basil Hall. Is surprised John Frederick William Herschel did not mention the starry showers of 12 Nov. in his last letter, D. F. J. Arago is investigating them. J. B. Biot has published an extension of [Denison?] Olmsted's theory. Humphrey Lloyd has produced an interesting book on the undulatory theory. What measure does John Frederick William Herschel employ for the force of the wind? Has got William Whewell's anemometer. Influenza prevalent. William Farish has been succeeded by Robert Willis.

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HS/7/293
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14 February 1837
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James David Forbes, Letter, from James David Forbes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh, 14 February 1837, HS/7/293, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_293/letter-from-james-david-forbes-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-edinburgh, accessed on 25 March 2025

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