| RefNo | EC/1862/04 |
| Previous numbers | Cert X, 18 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Clarke, Alexander Ross: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Certificate for the Fellow's first election.
On reverse of certificate:
A Copy of the Principal Triangulation of the Ordnance Survey has been sent to the Royal Society - and copies of the other papers referred to are now forwarded. J E Portlock has signed the certificate twice |
| Citation | The Editor of Account of the Principal Triangulation of the Ordnance Survey, and of a paper "on the Reduction of occultations" in the Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, of a paper "on Spheroidal Azimuths" in the same memoirs. Distinguished for his acquaintance with the science of Mathematics. Eminent as a Mathematician and Military Engineer. |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge. J C Adams; J Challis; John Gould; Geo Everest; J E Portlock; E W Brayley; Andrew Scott Waugh; Charles Manby; Charles V Walker
From Personal Knowledge. G B Airy; Henry James; W Yolland; J E Portlock; J J Sylvester; J Glaisher |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | EC/1888/13 |
| EC/1888/14 |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6961 | Clarke; Alexander Ross (1828 - 1914) | 1828 - 1914 |