| Reference number | MC/4/283 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Sabine, Woolwich, to [Samuel Hunter] Christie, [Secretary of the Royal Society] |
| Date | 23 May 1849 |
| Description | Regarding the magnetical survey of islands in the Indian Ocean under Lieutenant Elliot and the potential publication of his observations. Sabine seeks the opinion of the Court of Directors of the East India Company on this matter.
[Letter is forwarded by Christie to James Cosmo Melvill on 28 May 1849.] |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1851.0014 |
| Related records in the catalogue | MS/426/380 |
| MC/4/291 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8279 | Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883) | 1788 - 1883 |
| NA8168 | Christie; Samuel Hunter (1784 - 1865); mathematician | 1784 - 1865 |