RefNo | AP/14/17 |
Level | File |
Title | Unpublished copy letters, regarding notice of a meteor from W [William] Ronald and Fearon Fallows |
Date | October-November 1829 |
Description | Two letters regarding a sighting of a meteor through the roof of an observatory in the Cape of Good Hope. The first letter is from William Ronald to Fearon Fallows, and the second is from Fallows to the Secretary of the Admiralty [John Wilson Croker].
Subject: Astronomy
Written by Ronald and Fallows at the Royal Observatory in Cape of Good Hope [in modern Cape Town, South Africa]. Communicated by Croker. |
Extent | 7p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedRecord | AP/14/17/1 |
AP/14/17/2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA4556 | Fallows; Fearon (1789 - 1831); astronomer | 1789 - 1831 |
NA3563 | Croker; John Wilson (1780 - 1857) | 1780 - 1857 |