Draft letter, signed by J F W Herschel, Charles Wheatstone and Edward Sabine, forwarding the report of the Joint Committee of Physics and Meteorology of the Royal Society

Reference number: MM/11/190

Date: c.1840

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The letter states the findings of the Committee as regards the subject of an extended system of magnetic observations.

Mentioned are the naval expedition under the command of Captain James Clark Ross and the establishment of fixed magnetic observatories, the object of which being "the execution of a series of corresponding magnetic observations during a period of three years".

Reference number: MM/11/190
Earliest possible date: c.1840
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Charles Wheatstone

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Edward Sabine

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John Frederick William Herschel

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Charles Wheatstone, Edward Sabine, John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, signed by J F W Herschel, Charles Wheatstone and Edward Sabine, forwarding the report of the Joint Committee of Physics and Meteorology of the Royal Society, c.1840, MM/11/190, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/mm_11_190/draft-letter-signed-by-j-f-w-herschel-charles-wheatstone-and-edward-sabine-forwarding-the-report-of-the-joint-committee-of-physics-and-meteorology-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 13 May 2026

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