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Letter from Edward Sabine, 3 St James's Place, to John Herschel

Reference number: MC/3/49

Date: 7 November 1839

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Enclosing a copy of a letter from [Humphrey] Lloyd and Sabine to the Marquis of Northampton regarding international observatories.
[Enclosure is present and labelled within volume as MC/3/50.]

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MC/3/49
Earliest possible date
7 November 1839
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3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Edward Sabine

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Edward Sabine, Letter from Edward Sabine, 3 St James's Place, to John Herschel, 7 November 1839, MC/3/49, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/mc_3_49/letter-from-edward-sabine-3-st-jamess-place-to-john-herschel, accessed on 19 April 2025

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