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Herschel6237

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[1838-6-23 or later]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.249
Summary:

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.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6238

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Beaufort
Date:
[29 June 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.355bis (C: RS:HS 21.253)
Summary:

Fulfills request for advice on the operation of the Cape Observatory. Urges, among other points, that Thomas Maclear be given a second assistant and an improved telescope and that the observatory be assigned to undertake tidal, meteorological, and magnetic observations.

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John Herschel Project
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