| RefNo | EC/1859/15 |
| Previous numbers | Cert IX, 434; A55598 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Yolland, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | The author, under the Superintendence of the late Genl Colby of 'The Account of the Measurement of a Base Line on the Banks of Lough Foyle,' - The calculations having been conducted under his own especial care; he also much improved the system of calculation adopted on the Survey, and was the active manager of the scientific operations of the Survey for several years - He is the Author also of the able article 'Geodesy' prepared for the use of The Royal Military Academy, and is Eminent as a Mathematician, more particularly as regards Geodetic Science. |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge: J F W Herschel; W H Smyth; Baden Powell; E W Brayley
From Personal Knowledge: Joseph Elisson Portlock; G B Airy; Henry Moseley; Geo Everest; Charles Babbage; J F Burgoyne; C W Pasley; John Tyndall; John Edward Gray; S Hunter Christie |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3648 | Yolland; William (1810 - 1885) | 1810 - 1885 |