Record

Reference numberMS/257/2/279
Alternative reference numberSa.661
Previous numbersES2/52/661
LevelItem
TitleFirst half of letter from John Frederick William Herschel, Collingwood to Edward Sabine
Date10 March 1850
DescriptionHerschel thanks [Francis] Ronalds for supply of paper. Refers to Sabine’s discovery about the direction of change in the earth's magnetism, the link to the northern and southern hemispheres, and relates it to suns and other electric currents. Discusses the pressure of an electrical current and developing magnetic forces. In the suns light discusses auroras. Refers to [Heinrich Wilhelm] Dove’s remarks on the globe, ‘superficial temperature and the magnetic force’. Reference to ‘atmospheric electricity’.

[This letter is continued in MS/257/2/280].
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Access statusOpen
Related records in the catalogueMS/257/2/280
URL descriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3468
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA8279Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883)1788 - 1883
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