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RefNoMC/5/223
LevelItem
TitleLetter from G V Vernon, 1 Osborne Place, Old Trafford, Manchester, to Colonel [Edward] Sabine, [Treasurer of the Royal Society], 13 Ashley Terrace, Victoria Street, London
Date31 January 1856
DescriptionThanking the Society for recently received copies of the 'Naval Observations'. Vernon inquires after the regular upkeep of the observations through the East India Company and the Greenwich observatory. He theorises about the possibility to compute future meteorological and magnetical observations.

[The letter covers two papers, the second of which is labelled MC/5/223a within the volume.]
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8279Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883)1788 - 1883
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