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Herschel2733

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 November 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.14
Summary:

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.

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John Herschel Project

Herschel8243

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Kater
Date:
16?] November [1825
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.50
Summary:

Thomas Young approved supplying [Richard] Copeland with two sextants and one mountain barometer.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-26

From:
Richard Twopeny
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
16 November 1825
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 34
Summary:

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Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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