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Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at 12 Park Place

Reference number: HS/15/98

Date: 10 June 1840

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Encloses some comments of Archibald Smith about C. F. Gauss's General Theory. Believes Smith plans to go on an expedition. Mentions two new magnetometers, the building of a Cape observatory, and the recommendation to the

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HS/15/98
Earliest possible date
10 June 1840
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Sabine

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Edward Sabine, Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at 12 Park Place, 10 June 1840, HS/15/98, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_98/letter-from-edward-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-12-park-place, accessed on 03 December 2024

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