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

Reference number: HS/15/184

Date: 29 October 1845

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Saw [Henry] Goulburn, who will ask Lord Aberdeen to notify foreign governments that the British government will continue the magnetic observatories. Hopes observatories will continue in those countries too.

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HS/15/184
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29 October 1845
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2 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 Sandgate, 29 October 1845, HS/15/184, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_184/letter-from-edward-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-sandgate, accessed on 03 December 2024

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