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Herschel3934

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
28] September [1836
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Wants to reset his barometer by TM's.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel6231

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 September 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.350
Summary:

Is sending a paper which has barometrical information of interest. Comments on sea and atmospheric pressure. William Whewell and J. W. Lubbock are working on the tides.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6232

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 September 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.351
Summary:

Sending the meteorological reports. Hopes JH will let him know when to cease sending them. William Whewell has produced an interesting instrument. The sensation at the B.A.A.S. meeting was the manufacture of diamonds by a Frenchman.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7422

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
5] September [1836
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 7/3.18; Reel 8
Summary:

Sorry for surprise in church yesterday. Last minute request for JH and wife [to be godparents] was unplanned. Notes on 'Parallax & refraction.' Will soon observe all stars in [F. W.] 'Bessel's zone.'

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