RefNoMS/257/4/217
AltRefNoSa.1356
Previous numbersES4/15/1356
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Charles Smallwood, Montreal to Edward Sabine
Date21 October 1863
DescriptionRefers to the ‘kindness and encouragement’ of Sabine and others. Smallwood asks Sabine to accept the vote of the [Montreal Natural History Society] to become its honorary member, and remarks on its good work. Refers to a delay in the magnetic observations. Discusses the building of the [observatory]. Discussion regarding ‘the necessity of a magnetic survey’. Smallwood has proposed placing an apparatus in the middle of the college [McGill University] and describes the observations he is ‘very anxious to carry out’.
Extent12p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8279Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883)1788 - 1883
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