Letter from John Frederick William Herschel to Edward Sabine
Reference number: MS/257/2/284
Date: 25 February 1858
Description
Herschel is glad to sign a certificate. Herschel complains about the tendency of [Alexander von] Humboldt, whose volume Mrs [Elizabeth Juliana Leeves] Sabine is translating, to ignore other scientists' work, such as [George Biddell] Airy’s work regarding the divisions of the earth.
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- MS/257/2/284
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- 25 February 1858
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- Ink on paper
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter from John Frederick William Herschel to Edward Sabine, 25 February 1858, MS/257/2/284, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_257_2_284/letter-from-john-frederick-william-herschel-to-edward-sabine, accessed on 25 April 2025
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Science in the Making presents selected items from the 'Manuscripts General' series, notably astronomical observations, investigations of discrete topics, and indices and registers of papers read before the Royal Society.
Dates: 1551 - 1951
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