| Reference number | MC/12/235 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Frank Rede Fowke, Secretary of the Solar Physics Committee, Science and Art Department, London, to [Michael Foster and George Gabriel Stokes], Secretaries of the Royal Society |
| Creator | Fowke; Frank Rede (1847-1927); British civil servant |
| Date | 26 February 1882 |
| Description | Regarding the Committee's application to send two of its members to observe the solar eclipse at Thebes. Fowke asks whether the Council would defray the travel expenses of Captain Abney, J Norman Lockyer, as well as their two assistants.
[Enclosed, with a total extent of 3p, is the Committee's resolution from 9 July 1881 as well as a Memorandum by Abney and Lockyer. The enclosure covers three papers, labelled MC/12/235a-235c within the volume.] |
| Extent | 6p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Typescript |
| Access status | Open |
| Related records in the catalogue | MC/12/238 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8220 | Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist | 1836 - 1907 |
| NA8283 | Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); physicist | 1819 - 1903 |