Correspondence with scientific societies, 1868 - 1873
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with various scientific societies, with related papers. There are reports of the Alnwick Scientific and Mechanical Institution; several pieces in the 'Journal of the Society of Arts' relating to the Institution of Naval Architects; S. Birch's address to the Society of Biblical Archaeology; a review of the French Academy of Sciences and the Danish Society of Sciences; the proceedings of the Antwerp Geophysical Congress; the claim of the Scottish Meteorological Society to a government grant, made in the 'Scotsman'; papers on the annual meetings of the Institution of Naval Architects, in 'Iron'; programmes for the Institution of Naval Architects, the Batavian Society and the Royal Institution; the prospectus for a Scientific Societies Club; writing on the Seaham Natural History Society in the 'Seaham Weekly News'; the constitution and address by C.W. Siemens to the Society of Telegraph Engineers; and papers on the foundation and objectives of the Victorian Institute, with a paper by J.H.T. Titcomb that was laid before the institute. The correspondents include L.A. Quetelet, G.D. Liveing, J.G. Bonney, C.E. Delaunay, A. de Morgan, F. Guthrie and F.J. Bolton.
Dates
- 1868 - 1873
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
E2/13
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:43:18+00:00
- Alnwick Scientific and Mechanical Institution
- Antwerp Geophysical Congress
- Batavian Society of Experimental Philosophy
- Danish Society
- Delaunay, Charles (Eugène (1816-1872) astronomer and mathematician)
- French Academy of Sciences
- Institution of Naval Architects
- Morgan, Augustus de, 1806 - 1871 (mathematician)
- Quetelet, Lambert (Adolphe-Jacques (1796-1874) astronomer, statistician and sociologist)
- Royal Institution of Great Britain
- Scientific Societies Club
- Scottish Meteorological Society
- Seaham Natural History Society
- Siemens, Charles William, Sir, 1823 - 1883 (Knight, metallurgist and electrical engineer)
- Society of Biblical Archaeology
- Victorian Institute
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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