Incomplete letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel
Reference number: HS/15/93
Date: 29 May 1840
Description
Autographed letter, incomplete. Encloses a letter from [John] Lefroy about an 'outbreak of [solar] spots' observed at a certain time. Speaks of purchasing instruments and of writing to the secretary of the Amer[ican Philosophical?] Society.
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- HS/15/93
- Earliest possible date
- 29 May 1840
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Edward Sabine, Incomplete letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, 29 May 1840, HS/15/93, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_93/incomplete-letter-from-edward-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 07 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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Edward Sabine
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John Frederick William Herschel
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