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From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 April 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.251
Summary:

Sending some publications to show the kind of work he is doing. Has read JH's Admiralty Manual and congratulates him on its authority. Has been reading J. P. Espy's Fourth Report. Note of W. J. S. Pullen's soundings in the South Atlantic.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.252
Summary:

Entirely agrees with his views on M. F. Maury. Is surprised at David Brewster's review of Maury's work. Would JH comment on RF's work on weather forecasting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project