Incomplete letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. Leonards-on-Sea

Reference number: HS/15/336

Date: 15 February 1850

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Autograph letter signed by sender, incomplete. Glad to have seen Lady Herschel and children. Is recovering slowly. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for interest in [Francis] Ronalds's work. Discusses paper Edward Sabine has submitted for Philosophic

Reference number: HS/15/336
Earliest possible date: 15 February 1850
Page extent: 8 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Edward Sabine, Incomplete letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. Leonards-on-Sea, 15 February 1850, HS/15/336, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_336/incomplete-letter-from-edward-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-st-leonards-on-sea, accessed on 02 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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