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RefNoMS/257/2/268
AltRefNoSa.650
Previous numbersES2/52/650
LevelItem
TitleCopy of a letter from John Frederick William Herschel, Collingwood to Sir [Robert] Peel
Date9 July 1845
DescriptionHerschel informs Peel of a resolution by the British Association about ‘soliciting the favourable consideration’ of the government proposing the encouragement ‘by specific pecuniary rewards’ of the ‘improvement of self-recording magnetic and meteorological apparatus’. Herschel discusses the reasons the British Association are making this application. Includes an extract of the resolution and outlines advantages of proposal.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3607
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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