Letter from John Frederick William Herschel, Slough to [James Clark] Ross, Hyde Park
Reference number: MS/257/2/264
Date: 29 March 1839
Description
Refers to instruments for the fixed observatory at [Tasmania; Lutruwita or Truwana, colonial Van Diemen’s Land]. Herschel hopes the Admiralty will provide all fixed stations with chronometers and portable transit instruments. Fears that naval expedition will be detained.
- Reference number
- MS/257/2/264
- Earliest possible date
- 29 March 1839
- 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, Letter from John Frederick William Herschel, Slough to [James Clark] Ross, Hyde Park, 29 March 1839, MS/257/2/264, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_257_2_264/letter-from-john-frederick-william-herschel-slough-to-james-clark-ross-hyde-park, accessed on 10 December 2025
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John Frederick William Herschel
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