RefNoMS/257/4/166
AltRefNoSa.1295
Previous numbersES4/3/1295
LevelItem
TitleLetter from B Schnitler, Drontheim to [Edward Sabine]
Date28 December 1825
DescriptionSchnitler delivered copies of [Sabine’s] ‘experiments on the figure of the earth’, a volume of essays, and the sermons of Bishop Horne. Refers to a copy of Major [Alexander Gordon] Laing’s travels in Africa. Schnitler is sorry to learn of [Sabine’s] ill health and spirit, wishing him a speedy recovery. Refers to [Sabine’s] ‘proposal to the government of measuring an arc of 5 degrees of latitude at Spitzbergen’.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8279Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883)1788 - 1883
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