| RefNo | MC/11/199 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from G G [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society to Lord Lindsay, President of the Astronomical Society |
| Creator | Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819-1903); British mathematician |
| Date | 6 April 1878 |
| Description | Regarding Lord Lindsay's letter relating to the value of the metre to be inserted in the consolidation bill currently in preparation in the House of Commons.The Royal Society's Council can't give an opinion on a scientific matter but could appoint a committee to report on it. They have endorsed the Astronomer Royal's opinion on the matter.
[For George Biddell Airy's opinion, see related record.] |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Typescript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | MC/11/198 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8035 | Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician | 1801 - 1892 |
| NA8283 | Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); physicist | 1819 - 1903 |
| NA6482 | Lindsay; James Ludovic (1847 - 1913); 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres; astronomer | 1847 - 1913 |