Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine
Reference number: HS/15/270
Date: 22 February 1863
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Draft of a letter. Expresses interest in Swedish plan to survey Spitzbergen and to measure meridian of arc. Discusses gravitometer being developed by [Jacques] Babinet.
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- HS/15/270
- Earliest possible date
- 22 February 1863
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- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine, 22 February 1863, HS/15/270, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_270/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-edward-sabine, accessed on 22 April 2025
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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