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Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Glasgow

Reference number: HS/15/105

Date: 24 September 1840

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Autograph letter signed by sender, damaged. Received and corrected John Frederick William Herschel's magnetism [B.A.A.S.] report. Mentions interesting account by Dr. [Johann] Lam[ont] about a vertical force magnet used in Munich. Edward Sabine read earlie

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HS/15/105
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24 September 1840
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Edward Sabine

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Edward Sabine, Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Glasgow, 24 September 1840, HS/15/105, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_105/letter-from-edward-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-glasgow, accessed on 25 April 2025

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