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From:
Richard Twopeny
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
16 November 1825
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 34
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Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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An account of the rocket experiments and P. S. Laplace's letter will be left at the R.S.L. Finds in Laplace's letter encouragement for the corroboration regarding the measurement of latitudinal degrees. Dismisses Laplace's opinions that the climate of Spitzbergen is too unfavorable for experimentation and expounds on the many reasons to favor this town.
Thomas Young approved supplying [Richard] Copeland with two sextants and one mountain barometer.