RefNo | AP/14/17/2 |
Level | Item |
Title | Unpublished copy letter, regarding notice of a meteor from Fearon Fallows to the Secretary of the Admiralty [John Wilson Croker] |
Date | 9 November 1829 |
Description | This is a covering letter for Ronald's letter found at AP/14/17/1. Fallows explains that he had asked Ronald to produce the account, but that Fallows had also witnessed the two reports caused by the meteor. He reports that the phenomenon was also observed in Simon's Town [Western Cape, South Africa], Stellenbosch [Western Cape], and Koe-berg [Western Cape].
Subject: Astronomy
Written by Fallows at the Royal Observatory in Cape of Good Hope [in modern Cape Town, South Africa]. |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedRecord | AP/14/17/1 |
AP/14/17 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA4556 | Fallows; Fearon (1789 - 1831); astronomer | 1789 - 1831 |
NA3563 | Croker; John Wilson (1780 - 1857) | 1780 - 1857 |