Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dunraven
Reference number: HS/15/133
Date: 10 September 1841
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Mentions a deletion of part of James Ross's dispatch. Clerk is receiving instructions from Charles Riddell before sailing to the Cape of Good Hope, from which observatory he expects a report in eight months. Asks whether
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- HS/15/133
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- 10 September 1841
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- 9 pages
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Edward Sabine, Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dunraven, 10 September 1841, HS/15/133, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_133/letter-from-edward-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-dunraven, accessed on 21 March 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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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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