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Autograph letter signed by sender. Corrects information from an earlier letter. [John] Caldecott stated that diurnal curve of declination changed with monsoon at Trivandum. Discusses [William] Allen and observation with transportable magnetometer.

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HS/15/321
Earliest possible date
22 July 1841?
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, 22 July 1841?, HS/15/321, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_321/letter-from-edward-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 08 March 2026

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    This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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