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Incomplete letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty

Reference number: HS/15/319

Date: 7 February 1841?

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Autograph letter signed by sender, incomplete. Will be happy to send particulars from [C. F.] Gauss's information. [Humphrey] Lloyd's instrument records changes in horizontal intensity best. Wants to employ magnetometers in New York.

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HS/15/319
Earliest possible date
7 February 1841?
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Sabine

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Edward Sabine, Incomplete letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty, 7 February 1841?, HS/15/319, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_319/incomplete-letter-from-edward-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-admiralty, accessed on 03 December 2024

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