| RefNo | MS/257/4/518 |
| AltRefNo | Sa.1657 |
| Previous numbers | ES4/24/1657 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Correspondence between Balfour Stewart and [John Peter] Gassiot |
| Date | [1869] |
| Description | Includes Mr Balfour Stewart's formal ‘resignation of the office of Superintendent of the Kew Observatory’ sent to [John Peter] Gassiot, dated 8th October 1869.
Includes a letter from Stewart to Gassiot dated 13th October 1869. Stewart details arrangements which if carried out he wishes to withdraw his letters of resignation to Gassiot and Edward Sabine.
Includes a letter from Gassiot to Stewart dated 14th October 1869. Remarks Stewart was ‘determined’ to send his resignation, Sabine has written to Colonel Smythe in Bombay [Mumbai], and nothing can be done until his reply arrives.
Includes Mr Stewart's reply dated 15th October 1869, refers to his previous points regarding the scales and tables, self-winding electrometer and air thermometer.
Includes a letter from Stewart to Gassiot dated 19th October 1869. Stewart remarks ‘It may facilitate matters to inform you that I learn Mr [Charles] Chambers is daily expected in this country’. |
| Extent | 5p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | MS/257/4/517 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6042 | Stewart; Balfour (1828 - 1887); physicist and meteorologist | 1828 - 1887 |
| NA5190 | Gassiot; John Peter (1797 - 1877) | 1797 - 1877 |