From:
Adolph Theodor Kupffer
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
16 February 1840
Source of text:
MM/10/40, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
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Will send information from observatories where aurora are visible. Discusses occurrences at various observatories and a letter from [C.] Kreil to [A. T.] Kupffer regarding his observations.
Believes Treasury will cover all expenses. The application for a Cairo observatory looks promising and H. C. Oersted is eager to set up a station in Copenhagen. Writes of the instrument requests of other stations.
Plans to order equipment needed for observatories. Asks JH to examine the bills. Announces that both Bavaria and Denmark are planning observatories.
Is of the opinion that plans for the Bavarian observatory station should continue. Announces that the report is finally being printed.