See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• SIR EDWARD SABINE (1788-1883)

SABINE (1788-1883)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English astronomer and geodesist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin on the 14th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1788, a See also:

• SCION

scion of a See also:

• FAMILY

family said to be of See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian origin . He was educated at the Royal Military See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy, See also:

• WOOLWICH

Woolwich, and obtained a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission in the royal See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fifteen, attaining the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general in 1859 . His only experience of warfare seems to have been at the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of Fort See also:

• ERIE

Erie (See also:

• CANADA

Canada) in 1814 . In See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• LIFE

life he devoted himself to See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy and See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography, and in consequence he was appointed astronomer to `various expeditions, among others that of See also:

• SIR

Sir J . See also:

• ROSS
• ROSS, ALEXANDER (1699-1784)
• ROSS, GEORGE WILLIAM (1841- )
• ROSS, JOHN, or KOOESKOOWE (179o-1866)
• ROSS, ROBERT (1766-1814)
• ROSS, SIR HEW DALRYMPLE (1779-1868)
• ROSS, SIR JAMES CLARK (1800-1862)
• ROSS, SIR JOHN (1777-1856)

Ross (1818) in See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Passage, and that of Sir E . See also:

• PARRY (from Fr. parer, to ward off)
• PARRY, SIR CHARLES HUBERT HASTINGS, BART
• PARRY, SIR WILLIAM EDWARD (179o–1855)

Parry soon afterwards . Later, he spent See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long periods on the inter-tropical coasts of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa and See also:

• AMERICA

America, and again among the snows of Spitzbergen . He was associated with See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• WILLIAMS
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1582-1650)
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1796-1839)
• WILLIAMS, ROGER (c. 1604–1684)
• WILLIAMS, ROWLAND (1817-1870)
• WILLIAMS, SIR WILLIAM FENWICK

Williams Chisholm and others as a member of the Royal Commission of 1868–1869 for standardizing weights and See also:

• MEASURES

measures . See also:

• SABINE, SIR EDWARD (1788-1883)

Sabine was for ten years (1861–1871) See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Royal Society, and was made K.C.B. in 1869 . He died at See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Sheen, See also:

• SURREY
• SURREY, EARLDOM OF
• SURREY, HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF (1518?-1547)

Surrey, on the 26th of May 1883 . Of Sabine's scientific See also:

• WORK

work two branches in particular deserve very high See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit—his determination of the length of the second's pendulum, and his extensive researches connected with terrestrial See also:

• MAGNETISM
• MAGNETISM, TERRESTRIAL

magnetism . The See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of a See also:

• SYSTEM

system of magnetic observatories in various parts of See also:

• BRITISH

British territory all over the globe was accomplished mainly on his representations; and a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PART

part of his life was devoted to their direction, and, to the reduction and discussion of the observations .

While the See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of his researches See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear on one or other of the. subjects just mentioned, others See also:

• DEAL

deal with such widely different topics as the birds of See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

Green-See also:

• LAND

land, ocean temperatures, the Gulf Stream, barometric measurement of heights, arcs of See also:

• MERIDIAN
• MERIDIAN (from the Lat. meridianus, pertaining to the south or mid-day)

meridian, See also:

• GLACIER
• GLACIER (adopted from the French; from glace, ice, Lat. glacies)

glacier transport of rocks, the volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands, and various points of See also:

• METEOROLOGY (Gr. JerEwpa, and hb'yos, i.e. the science of things in the air)

meteorology .