Transactions with the Royal Society, 1849 - 1850
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to transactions with the Royal Society, including correspondence with its members. The material includes announcements for meetings; minutes and financial reports; grants of government money; a piece by Airy on the phase of the Moon deduced from wind direction; and papers concerning candidates for entry into the Royal Society. The correspondents include T. Bell, E. Sabine, J. Glaisher, E.J. Cooper, C. Brooke, Lord Rosse, W.H. Smyth, S.H. Christie, C. Wheatstone and W.H. Barlow.
Dates
- 1849 - 1850
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
E1/3
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:42:24+00:00
- Brooke, Charles, 1804 - 1879 (surgeon and inventor of measuring instruments)
- Christie, Samuel Hunter, 1784 - 1865 (mathematician)
- Cooper, Edward Joshua, 1798 - 1863 (landowner and astronomer)
- Glaisher, James, 1809 - 1903 (astronomer)
- Parsons, William, 1800 - 1867 (3rd Earl of Rosse, astronomer)
- Royal Society
- Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788 - 1883 (Knight, army officer and physicist)
- Smyth, William Henry, 1788 - 1865 (Admiral, scientist and antiquary)
- Wheatstone, Charles, Sir, 1802 - 1875 (Knight, developer of telegraphy)
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
Repository Details
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