Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel
Reference number: HS/15/137
Date: 17 January 1842
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. Transmits message from [A. T.] Kupffer about setting up an observatory at Hammerfest and details about various apparati. Notes proposal for observatory in northern Siberia. Has ordered 250 copies of the Physical Committe
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- HS/15/137
- Earliest possible date
- 17 January 1842
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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Edward Sabine, Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, 17 January 1842, HS/15/137, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_137/letter-from-edward-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 25 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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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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