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RefNoHS/11/380
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel
CreatorJohn William Lubbock
Date22 March 1845
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Agrees with John Frederick William Herschel that the Government Observatories at the Cape and St. Helena require mature consideration. Greenwich observations are a different matter and were suggested by the Royal Society [of London] Committee of Physics. Has directed the minute to be sent to John Frederick William Herschel. Has been studying the wet bulb question.
LanguageEnglish
Extent4pp
FormatManuscript
Place originn.p.
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel11467
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7010Lubbock; Sir; John William (1803 - 1865)1803 - 1865
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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