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RefNoMC/17/39
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Francis Galton, 42 Rutland Gate, SW, to [Sir William Arthur] Rücker, Secretary of the Royal Society
CreatorGalton; Sir; Francis (1822 - 1911)
Date2 June 1897
DescriptionMade equiries at the Meteorological Office in in regard to the Society supporting Clement Lindley Wragg. Deems Wragge's reasons, given in a letter in relation to the Antarctic explorations at the Wellington observatory, are important as there are numerous other Australian observatories. States personal reasons and differences of opnion are extant amongst Australian observers. Offers to raise the subject with the Meteorological Council and requests for Wragge's letter to be returned to the President of the Royal Society, which he encloses [enclosure not attached].
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordNLB/14/870
NLB/15/19
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7708Galton; Sir; Francis (1822 - 1911); statistician, human geneticist and eugenicist1822 - 1911
NA6673Rücker; Sir; Arthur William (1848 - 1915); physicist1848 - 1915
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