| Reference number | AP/39/18 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished letter, regarding terrestrial magnetism from R Wolf to Edward Sabine |
| Creator | Wolf; R (fl 1857) |
| Date | 7 March 1857 |
| Description | Wolf describes his observations on the connections between sunspots and variations in terrestrial magnetism.
Annotations in pencil. Marked on front as 'Proc [Proceedings]'.
Subject: Physics / Magnetism
Communicated by Sabine.
Written by Wolf in Zurich.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 8 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'Extract of a letter addressed to General Sabine, R. A. Treas. and V. P. R. S., by M. R. Wolf, dated Zurich, March 7, 1857. Communicated by Gen. Sabine'. |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1856.0106 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8279 | Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883) | 1788 - 1883 |