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Reference numberMC/2/23
LevelItem
TitleLetter from R. Byham, Office of Ordnance, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society
Date10 February 1832
DescriptionRegarding the expenses of manufacturing 120 2lb rockets issued to Sir James South by the Society for determining longitude and orders of payment made by the Office of Ordnance.
The third page contains a short itemised list of components and related costs.
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6616Roget; Peter Mark (1779 - 1869); physician and philologist1779 - 1869
NA7104South; Sir; James (1785 - 1867)1785 - 1867
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