| Reference number | MC/5/94 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from [Christian Charles Josias von] Bunsen, Prussia House, to Colonel [Edward] Sabine, [Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society] |
| Date | 18 April 1853 |
| Description | Requesting Sabine's advice regarding Baron von Humboldt's wish for the extension of magnetic observations to the Himalaya. Bunsen details some questions about the expenditure and the responsibility of the East India Company.
[In another hand at the bottom of the letter is a summary of the response given to Bunsen, advising him to write to the Earl of Rosse, President of the Society.] |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8279 | Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883) | 1788 - 1883 |
| NA7984 | Humboldt; Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von (1769 - 1859); naturalist and traveller | 1769 - 1859 |
| NA8084 | Parsons; William (1800 - 1867); 3rd Earl of Rosse | 1800 - 1867 |