Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Athenaeum
Reference number: HS/15/30
Date: 21 March 1839
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Speaks of his meeting with the acting general of artillery and the master general secretary, who approved of employing men and engineers in the fixed observation work in St. Helena and Canada. Encloses the remainder of t
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- HS/15/30
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- 21 March 1839
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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Edward Sabine, Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Athenaeum, 21 March 1839, HS/15/30, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_30/letter-from-edward-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-athenaeum, accessed on 04 December 2024
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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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