| Reference number | MS/257/4/300 |
| Alternative reference number | Sa.1439 |
| Previous numbers | ES4/24/1439 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine |
| Date | 6 February 1861 |
| Description | Stewart sends Sabine ‘documents relating to the Havana goods’ [not enclosed], and the amount he paid. Update regarding Professor Thomson’s electrometer, Dr [Alexander Dallas] Bache’s instruments have been shipped and Stewart intends to send the ‘bills and particulars’. Refers to ‘experiments on the declination magnetograph’ and obtaining a copy of ‘[Henri Victor] Regnault’s experiments in the steam engine’. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6042 | Stewart; Balfour (1828 - 1887) | 1828 - 1887 |
| NA8279 | Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883) | 1788 - 1883 |