| RefNo | AP/32/17 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, regarding a shower of aerolites from H W Addington to the Secretary of the Royal Society |
| Date | 20 March 1850 |
| Description | Addington shares an extract of a letter from Viscount Palmerston, dated 25 January 1850, sharing observations on the 'astronomic phenomenon' of a shower of aerolites which fell in Tripoli [Libya].
Subject: Astronomy / Meteorology
Received 28 February 1850. Read 16 May 1850.
Written by Addington at the Foreign Office [London].
This letter was published in full in volume 5 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as '[Letter from Mr. Addington to the Secretary of the Royal Society]'. |
| Extent | 5p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| AccessConditions | Not available to view, off site for conservation. Please refer to digital surrogate on Science in the Making. |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0230 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2495 | Temple; Henry John (1784 - 1865); 3rd Viscount Palmerston | 1784 - 1865 |