Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/25/6/24
Date: 22 July 1844
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Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Having been assured by Edward Sabine that the government might receive a request for more money for magnetic observations, John Frederick William Herschel retreats from his earlier position [see John Frederick William Herschel's 1844-7-17], and is willing to accept the possibility of a magnetic conference, which John Frederick William Herschel does not want to lead in any way. John Frederick William Herschel believes his scientific life is almost over and he has much to do.
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- HS/25/6/24
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- 22 July 1844
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- 4 pages
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Sabine, dated at Collingwood, 22 July 1844, HS/25/6/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_6_24/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-edward-sabine-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 22 April 2025
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This item is part of:
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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 -
Copy book of Sir John Herschel's outgoing correspondence, vol. 6, from 3 March 1840 to 27 September 1846
1873 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , John Herschel Reference number: HS/25/6
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John Frederick William Herschel
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