Papers, 1818-1877.

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Papers, 1818-1877.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83383043

Personal letters and papers and some official correspondence of Sabine's Magnetic Department, relating to the establishment of and liaison with magnetic observatories overseas.

80 files and volumes.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883

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Edward Sabine was born in 1788 and joined the Royal Artillery in 1803. While stationed on the Niagara frontier of Canada he began his studies into natural history, which were eventually to encompass ornithology, meteorology and the study of terrestrial magnetism. The latter study was his particular specialism and led to his attachment to the Arctic expeditions of John Ross (1777-1856) in the Isabella (1818) and Edward Parry (1790-1855) in the Hecla (1819-1820). During his long career he rose to ...