Transactions with the Royal Society, 1862 - 1865
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to transactions with the Royal Society, including correspondence with its members. The material includes nominations for new members; papers on the Royal Society relief fund; papers by Airy on the difference in properties of hot and cold rolled malleable iron in regard to receiving and retaining induced magnetism ('On the strains in beams'; 'The diurnal inequalities of terrestrial magnetism', 1841-1857; and 'First analysis of 177 magnetic storms'); and a paper titled 'Did Sir Humphrey Davy promise to nominate C. Babbage as Secretary of the Royal Society, November 1826'. The correspondents include G.G. Stokes, C.V. Walker, B. Stewart, A. de Morgan, W. Smyth, J.F.W. Herschel, E. Sabine, J.R. Hind, J. Fowler, R.I. Murchison, C. Fox and W. De La Rue.
Dates
- Creation: 1862 - 1865
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
E1/8
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:42:37+00:00
Subject
- Rue, Warren De La, 1815 - 1889 (chemist and astronomer) (Person)
- Royal Society (Organization)
- Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Hind, John Russell, 1823 - 1895 (astronomer) (Person)
- Morgan, Augustus de, 1806 - 1871 (mathematician) (Person)
- Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (1st Baronet, geologist) (Person)
- Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788 - 1883 (Knight, army officer and physicist) (Person)
- Smyth, William Henry, 1788 - 1865 (Admiral, scientist and antiquary) (Person)
- Stokes, George Gabriel, Sir, 1819 - 1903 (1st Baronet, physicist) (Person)
- Walker, Charles Vincent, 1812 - 1882 (electrical engineer) (Person)
- Babbage, Charles, 1791 - 1871 (mathematician) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository
Cambridge University Library
West Road
Cambridge CB3 9DR United Kingdom
Map Dept enquiries: maps@lib.cam.ac.uk
all other enquiries: mss@lib.cam.ac.uk