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Autograph letter signed by sender. Discusses letter to [G. B.] Airy and John Frederick William Herschel's response to it. Discusses instruments at Toronto Observatory. Describes 18 November 1841 magnetic disturbances. Working on Atlantic declination maps.

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HS/15/228
Earliest possible date
3 January 1849
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Edward Sabine

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Edward Sabine, Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Woolwich, 3 January 1849, HS/15/228, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_228/letter-from-edward-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-woolwich, accessed on 02 December 2024

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