Record

RefNoMS/257/4/502
AltRefNoSa.1641
Previous numbersES4/24/1641
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]
Date2 April 1869
DescriptionMr [John Peter] Gassiot showed Stewart [Sabine’s] letter. Stewart shares his desire for the ‘magnetical part’ of the [Kew Observatory] to be ‘well represented’ and refers to what they have to do for the Meteorological Committee. Discusses ‘the tabulations of the declination’ and the reductions. Stewart discusses his intentions for his own work.
Extent3p
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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