Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel
Reference number: HS/15/70
Date: 26 November 1839
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. Speaks of [John] Caldecott, Astronomer to the Rajah of Travancore, who plans to build an observatory. Needs a letter from the Royal Society [of London] for the Rajah and also for Johann Lamont, who is working in Germany.
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- HS/15/70
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- 26 November 1839
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- 1 page
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Edward Sabine, Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, 26 November 1839, HS/15/70, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_70/letter-from-edward-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 25 April 2025
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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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Edward Sabine
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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