Record

RefNoCMP/1/137
LevelItem
TitleMinutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society
Date29 October 1840
DescriptionPrinted minutes containing matters laid before Council, the Royal Society's governing body of Fellows, with records of decisions taken.

Commencing with a list of Council members present: Francis Baily; Thomas Bell; Samuel Hunter Christie; John Frederick Daniell; Bryan Donkin; Thomas Galloway; Thomas Graham; Richard Owen; Peter Mark Roget; Robert Bently Todd; the Treasurer, John William Lubbock, in the chair.

Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Letter from George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 27 October 1840, to the Marquis of Northampton, full text entered into the minutes: Airy has noticed that the minutes of the Board of Longitude are divided between the Admiralty and the Royal Society; he believes they should be united, either at the Society or at the Royal Observatory, noting that there is now a fire-proof apartment at the Observatory. Resolved that documents relating to the Board of Longitude should be transferred to the Observatory. Applications from Mr. Bowman, Lord Oxmanton, Dr. Barry and Mr. Hodkinson for additional copies of their papers, granted. List of bills to be paid, for various expenses. List of President, Officers and Members of Council recommended to be put to the ballot at the Anniversary Meeting.
Extent2p.; pp.297-298
FormatPrinted
PhysicalDescriptionOn paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordMC/3/109
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