| RefNo | MC/1/287 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Captain Edward Sabine, Charlemont Street [Dublin], to Davies Gilbert |
| Date | 3 March 1831 |
| Description | Returning [Francis] Baily's letter to Davies Gilbert regarding the commission for an apparatus to measure the length of a pendulum, originally by Mr. Repsold prior to his death. [Heinrich Christian] Schumacher had suggested leaving the commission with Repsold's son. The commission relates to the work of the Meteorological Committee. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | MC/1/285 |
| MC/1/310 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8707 | Gilbert; Davies (1767-1839) | 1767-1839 |
| NA5372 | Schumacher; Heinrich Christian (1780 - 1850) | 1780 - 1850 |
| NA3847 | Bessel; Friedrich Wilhelm (1784 - 1846); astronomer | 1784 - 1846 |
| NA8279 | Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883) | 1788 - 1883 |