| RefNo | MC/3/46 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from Captain Edward Sabine, Elberfelt, to Baron von Humboldt |
| Date | 24 October 1839 |
| Description | Regarding magnetic observatories in Germany, Norway, and Russia. Sabine relays conversations had with [Carl Friedrich] Gauss in Göttingen concerning the importance of the geographical location for these observatories.
[The last four pages of the letter are on a separate sheet, labelled within the volume as MC/3/46a.]
[Alternate place name spelling: Elberfeld] |
| Extent | 6p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7984 | Humboldt; Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von (1769 - 1859); naturalist and traveller | 1769 - 1859 |
| NA8279 | Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883) | 1788 - 1883 |
| NA8223 | Gauss; Karl Friedrich (1777 - 1855) | 1777 - 1855 |