RefNo | MC/3/46 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter from Captain Edward Sabine, Elberfelt, to Baron von Humboldt |
Date | 24 October 1839 |
Description | Regarding magnetic observatories in Germany, Norway, and Russia. Sabine relays conversations had with [Carl Friedrich] Gauss in Göttingen concerning the importance of the geographical location for these observatories.
[The last four pages of the letter are on a separate sheet, labelled within the volume as MC/3/46a.] [Alternate place name spelling: Elberfeld] |
Extent | 6p |
Format | Manuscript |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA7984 | Humboldt; Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von (1769 - 1859); naturalist and traveller | 1769 - 1859 |
NA8279 | Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883) | 1788 - 1883 |
NA8223 | Gauss; Karl Friedrich (1777 - 1855) | 1777 - 1855 |