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RefNoMS/257/5/136
AltRefNoSa.1816
Previous numbersES5/27/1816
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Rudolph Wolf, Berne to [Edward Sabine]
Date14 April 1855
DescriptionWolf has sent Sabine a memoir on the influence of ozone on the sanitary state of man, and refers to a new and important application to meteorology. Refers to the number of deaths from cholera in Switzerland. Discussion regarding Wolf’s ozonometric observations. Wolf discusses the promising results of the study of meteorological observations. Wolf informs Sabine he has received volumes of observations of magnetic disturbances, observations from St Helena, Cape of Good Hope, Hobarton and Toronto from the 1840s.
LanguageFrench
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8279Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883)1788 - 1883
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