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Faraday3663

From:
Christian Friedrich Schoenbein
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
26 October 1859
Source of text:
UB MS NS 451
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Faraday Project

Herschel14430

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 October 1859]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0526.11; Reel 1093
Summary:

Extract of letter from Charles Grey, asking B.A.A.S. to inform Prince Albert of estimated expenses for proposed five-year survey of terrestrial magnetism. As president of joint committee of B.A.A.S. and R.S.L., JH should answer this. Entry of three U.S. observatories may eliminate need for observatory in Newfoundland. Recent visit to Kew by A. T. Kupffer suggests that Russian stations may soon have self-recording instruments. Proposes suspending observatory in Falkland Islands until colonies decide to join survey. Dutch observatory in Java. Describes buildings needed for observatories. Estimates expenses for six years.

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John Herschel Project
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Faraday3662

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Henry Bence Jones
Date:
26 October 1859
Source of text:
RI MS F1 G13
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Faraday Project
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