RefNo | MS/257/4/188 |
AltRefNo | Sa.1327 |
Previous numbers | ES4/11/1327 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from Antonio Secchi, Rome to Edward Sabine, London |
Date | 3 October 1860 |
Description | Secchi 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’. |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8279 | Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883) | 1788 - 1883 |