Letter from John Frederick William Herschel, Slough to [James Clark] Ross, Hyde Park
Reference number: MS/257/2/265
Date: 4 April 1839
Description
Concerns about equipment for fixed observatories, for which aid will come from [British Association for the Advancement of Science], and for [naval] expedition. Expresses vital importance of meteorological observatory at [Tasmania; Lutruwita or Truwana, colonial Van Diemen’s Land].
- Reference number
- MS/257/2/265
- Earliest possible date
- 4 April 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, 4 April 1839, MS/257/2/265, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_257_2_265/letter-from-john-frederick-william-herschel-slough-to-james-clark-ross-hyde-park, accessed on 09 December 2025
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John Frederick William Herschel
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