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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

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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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