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Note by Sabine and observations by Sabine and Fearon Fallows, published as part of Fallows' paper found at PT/19/1.

Subject: Geodesy

Published in volume 120 of Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Observations made with the invariable pendulum (No. 4. Jones), at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, for the purpose of determining the compression of the earth'.

Addressed to Sir [John] Barrow at the Admiralty, London. Read 18 February 1830.

Abstract of paper published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833.

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PT/19/2
Earliest possible date
1830
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Ink on paper
Page extent
23 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Sabine

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Fearon Fallows

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Edward Sabine, Fearon Fallows, Paper, 'Note by Captain Sabine' by Edward Sabine, 1830, PT/19/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_19_2/paper-note-by-captain-sabine-by-edward-sabine, accessed on 14 December 2024

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    Dates: 1802-1865

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