Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine
Reference number: HS/15/333
Date: 1839.
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Draft autograph letter signed by sender. Discusses Harvard University offer to make magnetic measurements. Requests Edward Sabine to read Admiralty extracts. Asks questions regarding John Frederick William Herschel's upcoming review [in Quarterly Review]
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- HS/15/333
- Earliest possible date
- 1839.
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine, 1839., HS/15/333, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_333/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-edward-sabine, accessed on 22 April 2025
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This item is part of:
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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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John Frederick William Herschel
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Edward Sabine
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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