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RefNoMS/257/3/61
AltRefNoSa.807
Previous numbersES3/21/807
LevelItem
TitleLetter from William Longman, Paternoster Row to Edward Sabine, Woolwich
Date10 May 1854
DescriptionRelative to Sabine’s desire to translate [François] Arago’s Meteorological Essays instead of the Astronomy, Longman has spoken with his partners and they ‘are willing to make that change’. Discussion regarding the ‘remuneration’. Longman expresses the feeling a translation of Astronomy by Sabine and Mrs [Elizabeth Juliana Leeves] Sabine ‘would have been highly satisfactory’ however, as meteorology is a subject Sabine has devoted considerable time to than astronomy, the present arrangement is ‘most advantageous’.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8279Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883)1788 - 1883
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