Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/23/230
Date: 28 April 1858
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Copy of a letter. Must hold to 1/290 as measure of ellipticity. Committee agrees to recommend continuance of magnetic observations if John Frederick William Herschel will continue to do what he has done in the past.
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- HS/23/230
- Earliest possible date
- 28 April 1858
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine, dated at Collingwood, 28 April 1858, HS/23/230, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_230/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-edward-sabine-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 25 April 2025
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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 23 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/23
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Edward Sabine
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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