Record

RefNoMC/4/152
LevelItem
TitleLetter from W. Wenckebach, Professor at the University of Utrecht, Utrecht, to [Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Sabine], Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society
Date30 July 1846
DescriptionRequesting the 'Greenwich Observations' of the Society to be sent directly to him, as there never was a proper Observatory at Breda and any resulting observations made there were a consequence of Wenckebach's personal ambition and work.

[Affirmative response from Sabine on 12 October 1846.]
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordMS/426/220
MC/4/157
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