The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel2851,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 8 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel2851
Discusses the reductions and publication of magnetic observations from various stations. Describes report of the Antarctic expedition and the determination of the magnetic pole. Endorses proposal for Canadian Survey. Discusses survey of South Africa and British Guiana.
Record created for the Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (CUP: Cambridge), 1998 by Michael J. Crowe ed., David R. Dyck and James J. Kevin assoc. eds
Digital record created by Dr Marvin Bolt and Steven Lucy at the Webster Institute of the Adler Planetarium
Converted to TEI by Michael Hawkins, Epsilon Project, Cambridge University Library
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