Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at London
Reference number: HS/15/81
Date: 6 February 1840
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. Believes Treasury will cover all expenses. The application for a Cairo observatory looks promising and H. C. Oersted is eager to set up a station in Copenhagen. Writes of the instrument requests of other stations.
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- HS/15/81
- Earliest possible date
- 6 February 1840
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Edward Sabine, Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at London, 6 February 1840, HS/15/81, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_81/letter-from-edward-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-london, accessed on 17 May 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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Edward Sabine
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John Frederick William Herschel
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