| RefNo | MM/16/152 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from JD Roberton, Royal Society, to Sir John Herschel |
| Date | 3 November 1843 |
| Description | On the referral to Herschel of a paper by James D Forbes. Herschel was asked to judge whether the paper was suitable to be awarded the Royal Society's Gold Medal.
The paper in question ("On the Transparency of the Atmosphere and the Law of Extinction of the Solar Rays in Passing through It") was the Bakerian Lecture of 1842. |
| Extent | 3 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |