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Reference numberMC/2/144
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Joseph Barclay Pentland, Rue de l'Université, Paris, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]
Date14 November 1834
DescriptionRegarding 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.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
Related records in the catalogueMC/2/158
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8035Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician1801 - 1892
NA2974Arago; Dominique Francois Jean (1786 - 1853); mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician1786 - 1853
NA7010Lubbock; Sir; John William (1803 - 1865)1803 - 1865
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