Letter from John Frederick William Herschel, Collingwood to Edward Sabine
Reference number: MS/257/2/292
Date: 27 June 1865
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Discusses negotiations between the government and the Royal Society regarding Meteorological Departments of the Board of Trade. Discussion regarding the required changes at Kew Observatory to make it part of a government department. Refers to Balfour Stewart and his ‘excellent’ charge of the ‘establishment’.
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- MS/257/2/292
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- 27 June 1865
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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter from John Frederick William Herschel, Collingwood to Edward Sabine, 27 June 1865, MS/257/2/292, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_257_2_292/letter-from-john-frederick-william-herschel-collingwood-to-edward-sabine, accessed on 22 April 2025
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Science in the Making presents selected items from the 'Manuscripts General' series, notably astronomical observations, investigations of discrete topics, and indices and registers of papers read before the Royal Society.
Dates: 1551 - 1951
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