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Letter from John Frederick William Herschel, 56 Devonshire Street to Edward Sabine, Cavendish Street

Reference number: MS/257/2/262

Date: 19 June 1825

Description

Refers to military matters. Herschel refers to R. Bonne's letter and gives further instructions regarding rockets for experiment. Reference to conducting observations. Herschel suggests Sabine should account for every expense ‘in the course of this operation’ in order for the Board of Longitude to be able to reimburse him.

Reference number
MS/257/2/262
Earliest possible date
19 June 1825
Physical description
Ink on paper.

The letter has a hole where presumably the wax seal has been broken.
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter from John Frederick William Herschel, 56 Devonshire Street to Edward Sabine, Cavendish Street, 19 June 1825, MS/257/2/262, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_257_2_262/letter-from-john-frederick-william-herschel-56-devonshire-street-to-edward-sabine-cavendish-street, accessed on 22 April 2025

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