Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at London
Reference number: HS/15/115
Date: 17 December 1840
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Requests recommendations on the instructions proposed by Edward Sabine for the magnetic expedition to Africa. Encloses meteorological observations by [Edward] Belcher, and other data related to magnetism in North America
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- HS/15/115
- Earliest possible date
- 17 December 1840
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Edward Sabine, Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at London, 17 December 1840, HS/15/115, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_115/letter-from-edward-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-london, accessed on 29 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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