Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at 2 Portland Place
Reference number: HS/15/17
Date: 1826
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel and Charles Babbage for their paper on the magnetic experiments. Asks to have 20 extra copies of the paper on the rocket experiments made when it is printed. Speaks of travel expens
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- HS/15/17
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- 1826
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Edward Sabine, Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at 2 Portland Place, 1826, HS/15/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_17/letter-from-edward-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-2-portland-place, accessed on 19 April 2025
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This item is part of:
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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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