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Copy of a letter from J F W Herschel, Collingwood, to E Sabine

Reference number: MM/11/188

Date: 20 February 1847

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On the continuance of Actinometer observations at the Government and East India Observatories

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MM/11/188
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20 February 1847
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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, Copy of a letter from J F W Herschel, Collingwood, to E Sabine, 20 February 1847, MM/11/188, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/mm_11_188/copy-of-a-letter-from-j-f-w-herschel-collingwood-to-e-sabine, accessed on 12 March 2026

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