| Reference number | MC/1/39 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Francis Baily, Grays Inn, to the Royal Society |
| Date | 28 March 1811 |
| Description | Regarding the recent acceptance of the paper 'Eclipses of Thales' for publication by the Committee of Papers. Includes a wish to add an attached passage from Alphonse des Vignoles' 'Chronologie [de l'histoire sainte et des histoires étrangères qui la concernent, depuis la sortie d'Égypte jusqu'à la captivité de Babylone'] with regards to the notion of complete darkness during a solar eclipse.
[Attachments not present]. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6486 | Baily; Francis (1774 - 1844); astronomer | 1774 - 1844 |