Record

Reference numberMC/12/91
LevelItem
TitleLetter from G G [George Gabriel] Stokes, Observatory, Armagh, Ireland, to [William] Spottiswoode, [President of the Royal Society]
CreatorStokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819-1903); British mathematician
Date4 September 1880
DescriptionRegarding the Surveyor General of India's request to use the late [John Allan] Broun's torsion gravimetre. Stokes will lay the matter before the Council when it is back in session.
Extent1p
FormatTypescript
Access statusOpen
Related records in the catalogueMC/12/93
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); physicist1819 - 1903
NA7690Spottiswoode; William (1825 - 1883); mathematician and physicist1825 - 1883
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