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Reference numberMS/257/4/188
Alternative reference numberSa.1327
Previous numbersES4/11/1327
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Antonio Secchi, Rome to Edward Sabine, London
Date3 October 1860
DescriptionSecchi discusses taking several diurnal observations near the summer solstice of the observations of Pekin’. Refers to the relation between the weather and magnetical instruments, including ‘electrical action developed in the atmosphere’. Remarks on the possibility ‘of a magnetical observatory at a great depth in a very deep mine’.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8279Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883)1788 - 1883
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