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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Thomas Byam Martin
Date:
12 June 1844
Source of text:
Parliamentary Papers, 1845, [611] 16, p.198
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Faraday Project
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Colonial governor at Ceylon will grant £150 annually for operation of magnetic observatory at Colombo, directed by Royal Artillery officers already there, if [R.S.L.] will supply instruments. Proposes seeking money for instruments from Wollaston Fund.
Encloses letter from Edward Sabine and supports proposal contained therein for excursion southward from Cape of Good Hope to complete magnetic data.