RefNo | CB/1/1/95 |
AltRefNo | BLA.B.22 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from Sir Joseph Banks, Revesby Abbey to Charles Blagden |
Date | 20 October 1783 |
Description | Thanks him for his letter and that of Danet's which amused him with its praise of Montgolfier - discusses Royal Society publications and problems with the Astronomer Royal - has ordered some Toad stone - has no telescope with him so will be unable to observe phenomenon of Algol. Mathematical calculations on reverse. |
Extent | 1 sheet |
Format | Manuscript |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Item 82, The Banks Letters, A Calendar of the manuscript correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks preserved in the British Museum... London, 1958. |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |