Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine, dated at [Collingwood]
Reference number: HS/25/14/29
Date: 1858 to 1859
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Copy of a letter. Thanks Edward Sabine for receipt of information about magnetic curves and the work of [A. D.] Bache. John Frederick William Herschel is glad to hear Edward Sabine is back to active work again, but John Frederick William Herschel says he is too ill to go to the B.A.A.S. meeting [in Aberdeen].
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- HS/25/14/29
- Earliest possible date
- 1858 to 1859
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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], 1858 to 1859, HS/25/14/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_14_29/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 25 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/25 -
Copies of Sir John Herschel's letters to various correspondents with uncertain dates
1875 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/14
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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