| RefNo | MS/119/1/81 |
| AltRefNo | MS/119/1 p187-188 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Edward Sabine to Humphrey Lloyd, Trinity College, Dublin |
| Date | 26 December 1839 |
| Description | The Report of the Royal Society is currently being completed. The forms for recording magnetic and meteorological observations, drawn up by Captain [John Theophilus] Boileau of the East India Company, will be printed after [John] Herschel has seen them.
A bifilar magnetometer for the Breslau magnetic observatory is to be ordered from Thomas Grubb, the British Association for the Advancement of Science or the Royal Society to pay for it.
A letter from [Charles James Buchanan] Riddell (director of the Toronto magnetic observatory) has been received dated 25th November 1839: a temporary observatory has been established by Riddell in a barracks [at Fort York]. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8252 | Lloyd; Humphrey (1800 - 1881) | 1800 - 1881 |