Royal Society
Found in 145 Collections and/or Records:
Appointments of the Astronomers Royal, 1713 - 1762
Claims for chronometer improvements, 1834 - 1844
Copy of a letter from Sir James South to the President and Council of the Royal Society, 1827-11-06
Regarding the comparative state of astronomical observations in England and on the Continent.
Copy of a reply from Davies Gilbert (on behalf of the Royal Society) to Sir James South, 1828-01-30
Observations and correspondence regarding miscellaneous astronomical matters.
Correspondence of Fallows and Henderson, 1820 - 1833
Correspondence of Robert Atkinson, 1946 - 1963
Correspondence of Thomas Maclear, 1828 - 1895
Correspondence on a joint dinner, 1968-10-21 - 1969-11-18
Correspondence regarding the joint Royal Society Club/Worshipful Company of Clockmakers dinner, including correspondence with G.B.R. Feilden, Deputy Director General of the British Standards Institution; W.H. McCrea of the University of Sussex; R.C. Pennefather; R.R. Race of the Lister Institute; Sir Bernard Lovell of the Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank; Colonel H. Quill; P.M.S. Blackett; and D.G. Evans of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Correspondence on a Royal Society grant, 1948 - 1956
Correspondence between H. Spencer Jones, Mrs K. Baxter, the Royal Society Scientific Relief Fund and the Clydesdale and North of Scotland Bank concerning a grant to Mrs K. Baxter, widow of Alan Baxter, to defray school fees for her two daughters.
Correspondence on a Royal Society grant, 1942 - 1955
Correspondence between Sir H. Spencer Jones, the Royal Society Scientific Relief Fund, Mrs M. Nevill, the Institute of Chemistry and Lloyds Bank Ltd concerning a grant to Mrs M. Nevill, widow of Edmund Nevill, Government Astronomer of Natal and one of the founders of the Institute of Chemistry.
Correspondence on an obituary, 1946-10-16 - 1946-10-18
A letter from John D. Griffith Davies, Royal Society, to H. Spencer Jones, 16 October 1946, asking that he write an obituary notice for Professor H.C. Plummer, with Jones' reply of 18 October.
Correspondence on Government grants correspondence, 1887 - 1926
Correspondence on International Geophysical Year, 1952 - 1956
Correspondence on International Geophysical Year, 1956 - 1960
Correspondence on magnetic observations, 1834 - 1848
Correspondence on meteorological results, 1875 - 1878
Correspondence on Newton's Reflecting Telescope, 1952 - 1953
Correspondence between H. Spencer Jones and Mr Martin of the Royal Society regarding the construction of a replica of Newton's Reflecting Telescope.
Correspondence on post-war astronomy, 1945 - 1947
Correspondence on Royal Society candidates, 1939 - 1946
Correspondence regarding candidates for election to the Royal Society, including F.J.M. Stratton, W.M.H. Greaves, R.O. Redman, Carroll, L.J. Comrie, S. Chandrasekhar and Admiral Edgell. There is also a list of Stratton's papers, 1946.
Correspondence on Royal Society committees, 1961 - 1963
Correspondence on Royal Society committees, 1962
Correspondence with W.H. McCrea regarding the Astronomy and Geophysics Sub-committee of the Trend Committee; letters on the financing of United Kingdom contributions to international projects; and correspondence concerning scientific societies and research in the United Kingdom.
Correspondence on Royal Society nominations, 1950 - 1959
Correspondence with various people, including B.F.J. Schonland, F.J.M. Stratton, G.B.B.M. Sutherland, R.A. Lyttleton, R.O. Redman and H.S.W. Massey, regarding the nomination for the Royal Society of R.H. Stoy, A.D. Thackeray, D.J. Malan, J.H. Oort, R. Atkinson, A.C.B. Lovell, F. Hoyle and others.
Correspondence on Royal Society nominations, 1961 - 1963
Correspondence regarding nominations to the Royal Society.
Correspondence on Royal Society nominations, 1963
Correspondence regarding Royal Society nominations, including W.H. McCrea's nomination for a Research Fellowship. There is also a memorandum for the Royal Society on a large southern telescope and correspondence with Sir W. Hodge concerning the telescope.
Correspondence on scientific institutions, 1951 - 1962
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