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

Reference number: HS/7/296

Date: 17 August 1840

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Copy letter in John Herschel's hand. Thanks for John Frederick William Herschel's letters and the paper on photography with special reference to the effects of heat. Was present at the R.S.L. during consideration of a national observatory. Would like John Frederick William Herschel's opinion. Is working on a supplementary report on meteorology.

Reference number: HS/7/296
Earliest possible date: 17 August 1840
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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James David Forbes, Copy letter, from James David Forbes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh, 17 August 1840, HS/7/296, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_296/copy-letter-from-james-david-forbes-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-edinburgh, accessed on 25 March 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; 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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