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RefNoAP/20/7
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished letter, regarding terrestrial magnetism from Baron Humboldt to the President of the Royal Society
Date23 April 1836
DescriptionHumboldt presents his plan for the observation of terrestrial magnetism, suggesting that permanent magnetic observatories should be installed across the globe, and seeking the Royal Society's support in establishing new observatories.

Subject: Magnetism

Written by Humboldt in Berlin.
LanguageFrench
Extent23p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsNot available to view, off site for conservation. Please refer to digital surrogate on Science in the Making.
RelatedMaterialSee MS/119/1/26
RelatedRecordAP/20/8
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7984Humboldt; Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von (1769 - 1859); naturalist and traveller1769 - 1859
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