| Reference number | MC/2/144 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Joseph Barclay Pentland, Rue de l'Université, Paris, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society] |
| Date | 14 November 1834 |
| Description | Regarding the delivery of the 'Philosophical Transactions' to the Library of the Jardin du Roi and requesting the delivery of the 'Greenwich Observations' to the Depot de la Marine, in exchange for the latter's publications. Pentland refers additionally to work currently being undertaken by François Arago, as well as the [French Academy of Sciences'] decision to award the Lalande medal to George Biddell Airy. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
| Related records in the catalogue | MC/2/158 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8035 | Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician | 1801 - 1892 |
| NA2974 | Arago; Dominique Francois Jean (1786 - 1853); mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician | 1786 - 1853 |
| NA7010 | Lubbock; Sir; John William (1803 - 1865) | 1803 - 1865 |