RefNo | MC/4/32 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from to Sir John Frederick William Herschel, Collingwood, Hawkhurtst, Kent, to the Chairman of the Committee of Physics, Royal Society |
Date | 12 June 1844 |
Description | Forwarding a letter from Sabine proposing an excursion from the Cape of Good Hope in order to complete magnetical observations between specific meridians. Herschel includes his own opinion on the matter. [The enclosed letter is MC/4/31 within the volume.]
[Read at Council on 13 June 1844.] |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Manuscript |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedRecord | MC/4/31 |
MC/4/34 |
CMP/1/184 |
URL | Also available on Epsilon: https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3362 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA8279 | Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883) | 1788 - 1883 |