Unpublished letter, regarding terrestrial magnetism from Professor Langberg to Edward Sabine
Reference number: AP/37/4
Date: 10 January 1855
Description
Langberg thanks Sabine for sending him publications on magnetism and meteorology. He writes regarding the discovery of 'the direct action of the sun on the magnetism of the Earth' and existing research into this topic.
Annotations in pencil throughout.
Subject: Magnetism
Written by Langberg in Christiania [Oslo, Norway].
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 7 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Extract of a letter from Professor Langberg of Christiania to Colonel Sabine, dated June 10th, 1855. Communicated by Colonel Sabine, V. P. and Treas. R. S'.
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- AP/37/4
- Earliest possible date
- 10 January 1855
- Physical description
- Ink and graphite pencil on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Unpublished letter, regarding terrestrial magnetism from Professor Langberg to Edward Sabine, 10 January 1855, AP/37/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_37_4/unpublished-letter-regarding-terrestrial-magnetism-from-professor-langberg-to-edward-sabine, accessed on 21 March 2025
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III. Extract of a letter from Professor Langberg of Christiania to Colonel Sabine, dated June 10th, 1855. Communicated by Colonel Sabine, V. P. and Treas. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1856
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1854.0099
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Archived papers: volume 37, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1853-1855
1853-1855 Reference number: AP/37
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Edward Sabine
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