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RefNoMC/5/135
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Chr [Christopher] Hansteen, Observatory at Christiania, to [Colonel Edward Sabine, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society]
Date6 January 1854
DescriptionPresenting his calculations on a number of observations of the magnetical inclination across Europe. The third and fourth page contain tables showing the inclination of the magnetic needle in various locations across the world.

[Letter published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' in vol 6., pp.393-396. See related material.]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1850.0141
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA4001Hansteen; Christopher (1784 - 1873)1784 - 1873
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