Record

RefNoMA/255/3
Previous numbersMA.255
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Richard Wilcox, Superintendent of the Lucknow Observatory, Lucknow, to Sir J.F.W. [John Frederick William] Herschel
CreatorWilcox; Richard (fl. 1841-1847); officer in East India Company; director of Lucknow Observatory, India
RecipientHerschel; Sir John Frederick William Herschel; first baronet (1792-1871); British mathematician and astronomer
Date9 November 1844
DescriptionWilcox forwards abstracts of the monthly readings of magnetic and meteorological instruments for June and July 1843. Also included is a record of the disturbance of July 1842, inadvertently omitted when forwarding those papers.
Extent2p. [p.2 blank]
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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