Reference number | MC/10/43 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from W J Heaviside, Captain Royal Engineers, Kew Observatory, Richmond, to the Secretary of the Royal Society |
Date | 29 November 1873 |
Description | Requesting copies of certain papers from the 'Philosophical Transactions', which contain descriptions of Kater's pendulum experiments. Heaviside hopes to establish Kew as a base station for pendulum operations, which have been carried out in India, in relation to the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India. |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Manuscript |
Access status | Open |
Related records in the catalogue | MC/10/51 |