I. Extract of a letter to General Sabine from Dr. Otto Torell, dated from Copenhagen, Dec. 12, 1863
The Swedish Diet has given the necessary money to complete the survey for the measurement of an Arc of the Meridian at Spitzbergen. When the proposal was submitted to the Diet by our Government, at the instance of the Academy of Sciences at Stockholm, it was passed without opposition in the three fi...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rspl.1863.0018 2024-06-02T08:14:54+00:00 I. Extract of a letter to General Sabine from Dr. Otto Torell, dated from Copenhagen, Dec. 12, 1863 1864 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1863.0018 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspl.1863.0018 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Proceedings of the Royal Society of London volume 13, page 83-84 ISSN 0370-1662 2053-9126 journal-article 1864 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1863.0018 2024-05-07T14:15:54Z The Swedish Diet has given the necessary money to complete the survey for the measurement of an Arc of the Meridian at Spitzbergen. When the proposal was submitted to the Diet by our Government, at the instance of the Academy of Sciences at Stockholm, it was passed without opposition in the three first houses of the Diet (viz. the Nobles, the Clergy, and the Burghers). In the fourth house (the Peasants), only one Member opposed the proposal, on the ground of the high amount of the Budget. He was replied to by seven or eight other Members, advising that the house should not oppose a grant which had for its object to advance science. In consequence the money was also voted by the House of Peasants. There is every reason to expect that the question of the practicability of the under taking will be settled in the next summer, and I hope that the result may be satisfactory. Article in Journal/Newspaper Spitzbergen The Royal Society Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 13 83 84 |
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The Swedish Diet has given the necessary money to complete the survey for the measurement of an Arc of the Meridian at Spitzbergen. When the proposal was submitted to the Diet by our Government, at the instance of the Academy of Sciences at Stockholm, it was passed without opposition in the three first houses of the Diet (viz. the Nobles, the Clergy, and the Burghers). In the fourth house (the Peasants), only one Member opposed the proposal, on the ground of the high amount of the Budget. He was replied to by seven or eight other Members, advising that the house should not oppose a grant which had for its object to advance science. In consequence the money was also voted by the House of Peasants. There is every reason to expect that the question of the practicability of the under taking will be settled in the next summer, and I hope that the result may be satisfactory. |
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