| RefNo | HS/19/242 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Table of expenses for the Port Louis observatory [Mauritius], by John Augustus Lloyd |
| Date | 31 October 1837 |
| Description | Itemised table of expenses to set-up the astronomical observatory at Port Louis on Mauritius, by John Augustus Lloyd.
Includes all names and costs for local instrument-makers, tradesmen, builders, details on the set-up and instruments.
Notes the interest on the value of instruments for seven years, and leaves empty an entry for "amount of reasonable remuneration for my services, trouble, & exertions during 6 years in establishing & keeping up the observatory... Purchase of my proprietary share in the estate".
This table was likely sent in enclosure to HS/11/298, Herschel also sent it to Thomas Maclear, who thanked him for it in HS/12/195 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 6 pp. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Place origin | Port Louis, Mauritius |
| Origin coordinates | -20.164444, 57.504167 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1837.0251 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0293 |
| RelatedRecord | HS/11/299 |
| HS/12/195 |
| HS/11/298 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
| NA1394 | Lloyd; John Augustus (1800 - 1854); engineer and surveyor | 1800 - 1854 |