| Reference number | MM/10/37 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine |
| Date | 14/26 November 1839 |
| Description | In October 1839 Sabine and Humphrey Lloyd met Kupffer and other leading figures in magnetic research at a magnetic congress in Gottingen, organised by Guass. Following on from this meeting, Sabine and Lloyd obtained the co-operation of Russian observatories (through Kupffer) to provide observational data on the Earth's magnetism. |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 4 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | See James Gabriel O'Hara, 'Gauss and the Royal Society: The Reception of His Ideas on Magnetism in Britain (1832-1842)' in NR 1983-84 vol 38 pp59 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA5601 | Kupffer; Adolph Theodor (1799 - 1865) | 1799 - 1865 |
| NA8279 | Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883) | 1788 - 1883 |