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Reference numberMS/257/1/10
Alternative reference numberSa.10
Previous numbersES1/1/10
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Antoine [Thomson] d'Abbadie, Paris to Edward Sabine
Date16 July 1864
DescriptionAbbadie discusses his bad health, and consequently unable to answer Sabine’s letter from 23rd May. Abbadie thanks Sabine for Sir [James] South’s experiments on the tremors occasioned by the passage of trains. Discussion on the South’s experiment and its contradiction to Professor Bruhn’s view that in the Leipzig observatory, 600 yards from a railway, no disturbance can be caused by this. Abbadie intends to test this theory if his health permits. Abbadie thanks Sabine for the results of magnetic declination obtained at Port Kennedy 1864. Abbadie asks Sabine to comment on the new arrangement of the barometrical tables prepared by [Rodolphe] Radau for Abbadie’s publication of his physical observations. Abbadie has been named secretary for the new Association for astronomy and meteorology, but may have to decline this appointment.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Access statusOpen
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CodeNameDates
NA8279Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883)1788 - 1883
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