Reference number | MC/12/234 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from Warren de la Rue, Vice Chairman of the Kew Committee, Kew Observatory, Richmond, Surrey, to [William Spottiswoode], President of the Royal Society |
Creator | Rue; Warren de la (1815-1889); British astronomer; chemist; inventor |
Date | 24 February 1882 |
Description | Regarding the transfer of the Kew Observatory from the British Association to the Royal Society. Despite being reported in one of the Association's resolutions, no formal action regarding the government was ever taken. |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA3837 | Rue; Warren de la (1815 - 1889); chemist and astronomer | 1815 - 1889 |
NA7690 | Spottiswoode; William (1825 - 1883); mathematician and physicist | 1825 - 1883 |