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Sir George Biddell Airy: Memorandum, 18 Apr. 1849

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8812/56

Scope and Contents

'Mr. Glaister appears to have discharged the objects of his mission yesterday' - about wind register; observatory undertakes no expense; results must all go to one place of publication; 'Daily News', as first organiser of scheme, seems entitled to first regard; three parties subscribed; Observatory is poorest - it will help in scientific part; 'Daily News' will publish; railway companies bear expense of apparatus and observations - they should bear cost of vanes

Dates

  • Creation: 18 Apr. 1849

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Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Clive Farahar and Sophie Dupré, Rare Books, Autographs and Manuscripts, Calne, Wilts, 1989

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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