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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Letter from Edward Sabine, Portland Place, to J F W Herschel, Secretary, Royal Society

Reference number: DM/3/150

Date: 12 May 1825

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Proposals for undertaking the measurement of an arc of the meridian in Spitzbergen

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DM/3/150
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12 May 1825
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Sabine

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Edward Sabine, Letter from Edward Sabine, Portland Place, to J F W Herschel, Secretary, Royal Society, 12 May 1825, DM/3/150, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/dm_3_150/letter-from-edward-sabine-portland-place-to-j-f-w-herschel-secretary-royal-society, accessed on 23 March 2025

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