Correspondence on scientific institutes, 1852 - 1854
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning various scientific institutes, giving notification of rules, meetings, reports, agendas and other matters. The correspondents include E.W. Brayley, M. Faraday, Lord Rosse, E. Sabine, W. Whewell, Lord Wrottesley and J. Yates. The papers also includes minutes of the council of the British Association and a copy of the lecture given by Airy at the Royal Institution 'On the results of recent calculations on the Eclipse of Thales and other eclipses connected with it'.
Dates
- Creation: 1852 - 1854
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
E2/5
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:43:02+00:00
Subject
- Faraday, Michael, 1791 - 1867 (natural philosopher) (Person)
- Parsons, William, 1800 - 1867 (3rd Earl of Rosse, astronomer) (Person)
- Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788 - 1883 (Knight, army officer and physicist) (Person)
- Whewell, William, 1794 - 1866 (Master of Trinity College, Cambridge) (Person)
- Wrottesley, John, 1798 - 1867 (2nd Baron Wrottesley, landowner and astronomer) (Person)
- British Association for the Advancement of Science (Organization)
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