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Reference numberHS/21/249
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date1838-6-23 or later
DescriptionCopy of a letter. Responds to request for advice on operation of the observatory established at Mauritius by John A. Lloyd. Urges it can profitably make meteorological observations and positional determinations for southern stars. Stresses the need for prompt reduction of observations.
LanguageEnglish
Extent5pp
FormatManuscript
Place originn.p.
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Access statusOpen
URL descriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel6237
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA5914Beaufort; Sir; Francis (1774 - 1857); hydrographer1774 - 1857
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