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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

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

Reference number: DM/3/162

Date: 5 May 1825

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About the "three principal objects of scientific interest which I conceive might be accomplished by a residence at Tenerife during one of the summer months".

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DM/3/162
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5 May 1825
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Sabine

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Edward Sabine, Letter from Edward Sabine, London, to J F W Herschel, Secretary, Royal Society, 5 May 1825, DM/3/162, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/dm_3_162/letter-from-edward-sabine-london-to-j-f-w-herschel-secretary-royal-society, accessed on 20 March 2025

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