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Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dunraven Castle

Reference number: HS/15/320

Date: 23 August 1840?

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Reports on letter from Humphrey Lloyd and latest information from [J. C.] Ross's voyage. Has received John Frederick William Herschel's meteorological plates.

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HS/15/320
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23 August 1840?
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4 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 Dunraven Castle, 23 August 1840?, HS/15/320, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_320/letter-from-edward-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-dunraven-castle, accessed on 22 April 2025

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