Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine
Reference number: HS/15/6
Date: 8 April 1825
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Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. On 1825-4-7 presented Edward Sabine's proposal for experiments at Teneriffe to the Board of Longitude, which judged the experiments not sufficiently relevant to the Board's concerns. Offers to seek end
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- HS/15/6
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- 8 April 1825
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- 2 pages
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine, 8 April 1825, HS/15/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_6/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-edward-sabine, accessed on 13 January 2025
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