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Herschel invites Sabine to dinner and will try to arrange a meeting between Sabine and ‘Danish hydrographer’ Captain [Lahrtman?].

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MS/257/2/300
Earliest possible date
1792-1871
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter from John Frederick William Herschel to Edward Sabine, 1792-1871, MS/257/2/300, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_257_2_300/letter-from-john-frederick-william-herschel-to-edward-sabine, accessed on 25 April 2025

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