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Letter, from A. B. Orlebar to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bombay Magnetic Observatory

Reference number: HS/13/183

Date: 28 January 1855

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has been nominated Professor of Maths at the Native College and is in charge of the Observatory, now being erected. Would welcome suggestions from John Frederick William Herschel as to observations that would be useful.

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HS/13/183
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28 January 1855
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2 pages
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Arthur Bedford Orlebar

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Arthur Bedford Orlebar, Letter, from A. B. Orlebar to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bombay Magnetic Observatory, 28 January 1855, HS/13/183, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_183/letter-from-a-b-orlebar-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-bombay-magnetic-observatory, accessed on 20 July 2026

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