Letter, from James David Forbes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh
Reference number: HS/7/311
Date: 23 November 1849
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Autograph letter signed by sender. B.A.A.S. and Royal Society of Edinburgh have been approached to apply to the government for finance to send an observer and reflector to the Cape Observatory. Does John Frederick William Herschel think this advisable, with his knowledge of conditions at the Cape?
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- HS/7/311
- Earliest possible date
- 23 November 1849
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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James David Forbes, Letter, from James David Forbes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh, 23 November 1849, HS/7/311, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_311/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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James David Forbes
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John Frederick William Herschel
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