Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Margate
Reference number: HS/15/116
Date: 30 December 1840
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Relates arrangements for the magnetic observations at Lucknow in India. Proposes using Göttingen mean time for observations at Lucknow. Humphrey Lloyd relates that Captain Boileau has begun observing at Sinnlaw [Sikkim?]
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- HS/15/116
- Earliest possible date
- 30 December 1840
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- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Edward Sabine, Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Margate, 30 December 1840, HS/15/116, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_116/letter-from-edward-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-margate, accessed on 12 December 2024
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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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