Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hornoy, France
Reference number: HS/15/11
Date: 12 July 1825
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Reports on his meeting with Charles Bonne and their subsequent failure to see any signals the first night from either Mont Javoul or La Canche. Worries that the distances are too great for measurements so close to the se
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- HS/15/11
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- 12 July 1825
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Edward Sabine, Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hornoy, France, 12 July 1825, HS/15/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_11/letter-from-edward-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-hornoy-france, accessed on 24 April 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 15 Sabine-Selwyn
1820-1870 Reference number: HS/15
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Edward Sabine
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John Frederick William Herschel
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