Transactions with the Royal Society, 1870 - 1872
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to transactions with the Royal Society, including correspondence with its members. The material includes E. Sabine and Airy's resignations from the presidency of the Royal Society; papers on the roles of the Royal Society Club and the Philosophical Club; works on meteorology; a report on the Kew Observatory; pendulum observations; a paper on the temperature of the human body; Airy's address to the Royal Society; 'The Spiritualist', 15 February 1872, including an article on 'Spiritualism and the Royal Society', which mentions experiments on psychic forces; and reviews of various scientific works. The correspondents include C. Brooke, W. Huggins, W. Spottiswoode, W. De La Rue, W. Fairbairn, G.G. Stokes, the Earl of Rosse, J.W. Lubbock, F. Galton, E. Sabine, J. Paget, W. Sharpey, W.H. Flower, H. James, C. Lyell, E.J. Routh, R.S. Newall, R. Owen and W.C. Williamson. There is also a picture of the members of the Royal Society, c. 1872.
Dates
- Creation: 1870 - 1872
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
E1/12
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:42:43+00:00
Subject
- Rue, Warren De La, 1815 - 1889 (chemist and astronomer) (Person)
- Royal Society (Organization)
- Huggins, William, Sir, 1824 - 1910 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Parsons, William, 1800 - 1867 (3rd Earl of Rosse, astronomer) (Person)
- Routh, Edward John, 1831 - 1907 (mathematician) (Person)
- Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788 - 1883 (Knight, army officer and physicist) (Person)
- Stokes, George Gabriel, Sir, 1819 - 1903 (1st Baronet, physicist) (Person)
- Lubbock, John William, Sir, 1803 - 1865 (3rd Baronet, astronomer and banker) (Person)
- Spottiswoode, William, 1825 - 1883 (mathematician and physicist) (Person)
- Royal Observatory, Kew (Organization)
- Galton, Francis, Sir, 1822 - 1911 (Knight, eugenicist) (Person)
- Fairbairn, William, Sir, 1789 - 1874 (1st Baronet, engineer) (Person)
- Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797 - 1875 (1st Baronet, geologist) (Person)
- Brooke, Charles, 1804 - 1879 (surgeon and inventor of measuring instruments) (Person)
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