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RefNoMS/257/4/342
AltRefNoSa.1481
Previous numbersES4/24/1481
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to Edward Sabine
Date1 September 1862
DescriptionStewart informs Sabine they ‘have an old bifilar’ which will ‘serve’ as a declinometer for Dr Walker. Refers to the vertical force magnet. Includes a list of facts ‘in favour of the auroral theory’. Stewart remarks if Mr [Warren] de La Rue would be able to take a photograph ‘during an aurora’ to show ‘corresponding phenomena in the different planets’. Discussion regarding ‘the total magnetic action of the sun’.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6042Stewart; Balfour (1828 - 1887)1828 - 1887
NA8279Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883)1788 - 1883
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