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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine

Reference number: HS/15/8

Date: 21 April 1825

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Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Invites Edward Sabine to join him and other scientists for dinner. Requests that Edward Sabine prepare a detailed description and justification of his proposed Teneriffe experiments for consideration b

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HS/15/8
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21 April 1825
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine, 21 April 1825, HS/15/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_8/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-edward-sabine, accessed on 14 December 2024

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