Letter, regarding the establishment of a central observatory at St Petersburg [Russia] from Adolph Theodor Kupffer to Edward Sabine
Reference number: AP/31/8
Date: 02 August 1849
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Kupffer writes to share the news that the St Petersburg observatory has been established, with its activity beginning on 1 July 1849. He describes the objectives of the observatory.
Subject: Astronomy / Meteorology
Received 3 October 1849.
Written by Kupffer in St Petersburg. The letter is dated 21 July / 2 August 1849 to account for both the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
This letter was published in full in volume 5 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'A letter from M. Kupffer, to Lieut.-Col. Sabine, For. Sec. R. S., On the establishment of a Central Physical Observatory at St. Petersburg. Communicated by Lieut.-Col. Sabine'.
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- AP/31/8
- Earliest possible date
- 02 August 1849
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Adolph Theodor Kupffer, Letter, regarding the establishment of a central observatory at St Petersburg [Russia] from Adolph Theodor Kupffer to Edward Sabine, 02 August 1849, AP/31/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_31_8/letter-regarding-the-establishment-of-a-central-observatory-at-st-petersburg-russia-from-adolph-theodor-kupffer-to-edward-sabine, accessed on 19 March 2025
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Date: 31st December 1851
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0213
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Archived papers: volume 31, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1848-1849
1848-1849 Reference number: AP/31
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