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RefNoMS/257/2/200
AltRefNoSa.582
Previous numbersES2/28/582
LevelItem
TitleLetter from E W B Galloway, 54 Fitzroy Road, North West to Edward Sabine
Date2 February 1872
DescriptionGalloway thanks Sabine for his letters, various papers from the Philosophical Transactions on terrestrial magnetism and his address as President of The Royal Society. References ‘maps of the declination, inclination and intensity from the arctic magnetic survey, 1840-1845’. Refers to [Edmond] Halley’s hypothesis [possibly referring to "An account of the cause of the change of the variation of the magnetic needle; with an hypothesis of the structure of the internal parts of the earth"].
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8279Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883)1788 - 1883
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