Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dunraven
Reference number: HS/15/146
Date: 31 August 1842
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Asks John Frederick William Herschel to consult [C. F.] Gauss concerning magnetical instructions. [Charles] Wilkes made mistake in distinguishing Balleny's[?] Land from 'American discoveries.' This has caused dispute.
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- HS/15/146
- Earliest possible date
- 31 August 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, dated at Dunraven, 31 August 1842, HS/15/146, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_146/letter-from-edward-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-dunraven, 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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