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Letter from J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel, Collingwood, to General [Edward] Sabine, [President of the Royal Society]

Reference number: MC/7/99

Date: 16 June 1864

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In favour of the Colonel Walker's proposed pendulum experiments in the Indian Trigonometrical Survey. Herschel elaborates on the required stations and measurements.

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MC/7/99
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16 June 1864
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4 pages
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Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter from J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel, Collingwood, to General [Edward] Sabine, [President of the Royal Society], 16 June 1864, MC/7/99, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/mc_7_99/letter-from-j-f-w-john-frederick-william-herschel-collingwood-to-general-edward-sabine-president-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 25 April 2025

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