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Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at 12 Park Place

Reference number: HS/15/138

Date: 19 January 1842

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Discusses at length and rejects John Frederick William Herschel's recommendation that communication in scientific projects take place solely by letter and theorization solely by individuals. Mentions subsequent variation

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HS/15/138
Earliest possible date
19 January 1842
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11 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Sabine

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Edward Sabine, Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at 12 Park Place, 19 January 1842, HS/15/138, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_138/letter-from-edward-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-12-park-place, accessed on 22 April 2025

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