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From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 June 1842]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0519; Reel 1093
Summary:

Encloses bill from W. H. Allen & Co. regarding Breslau observatory. [JH annotation: Details of bill.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Wheatstone
Date:
[17 June 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.149 (C: 22.125)
Summary:

Received prospectus of Kew observatory. Its objectives seem incompatible. It appears better suited as experimental institution. Refer Francis Beaufort to JH's 11 Oct. 1835 letter to Beaufort defining physical observatories.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project