Copies of correspondence to and from Magnetic Department, 1841-1859
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- File 30. AJCP Reel No: 6796
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ff.7r-7v: C. Riddell to T. Grubb, 7 Sept. 1841: order for declination magnetometer for Hobart Observatory.
f.17r: Sir John Herschel to Sabine, 2 May 1842: antinometer observations made at Van Diemen's Land, Cape of Good Hope and Singapore.
ff.36v-37r: Sabine to Capt F. Beaufort, 14 June 1844: stationery and antinometer springs for Hobart Observatory.
ff.115r-115v: Sabine to Prof. Dove (Berlin), 13 July 1850: publication of Hobart observations.
f.116r: Sabine to Sir John Hill, 15 July 1850: supply of published observations to Hobart Observatory.
ff.127r-127v: Sabine to Prof. Dove, 4 Oct. 1851: requests comments on meteorological observations in Hobart volume.
ff.133v-134r: Sabine to Sir William Denison, 6 June 1853: continuance of Hobart Observatory; discussions about southern reflector.
ff.136r-136v: Sabine to M. Kuppfer (St. Petersburg), 17 June 1853: sends Vol. 3 of Hobart observations.
f.137r: Sabine to Sir William Denison, 15 Aug. 1853: construction of telescope for observation of southern nebulae.
ff.152v-153r: Sabine to W. Champ (Hobart), 29 June 1855: requests return of unifilar magnetometer and dipping needle used at Hobart Observatory.
ff.160r-160v: Sabine to J. Kay (Melbourne), 23 March 1857: claims of S. Jeffery; Hobart magnetometer not yet returned.
ff.165v-167v: Sabine to W.P. Wilson (Melbourne), 19 Aug. 1858: proposed Melbourne Observatory; suitability of Melbourne for investigating subjects concerned with terrestrial magnetism; opposes combination of astronomical and magnetical observatory.
ff.167v-168r: Sabine to R. Neumayer (Melbourne), 22 Oct. 1858: supply of instruments to Melbourne Observatory.
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