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Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Woolwich

Reference number: HS/15/156

Date: 25 January 1844

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends actinometric returns and drawing of comet from Hobarton Magnetic Observatory. [John] Lefroy's expedition in U.S. and Canada is going well. Received the observations from Algiers.

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HS/15/156
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25 January 1844
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4 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 Woolwich, 25 January 1844, HS/15/156, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_156/letter-from-edward-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-woolwich, accessed on 25 April 2025

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