Reference number | MC/2/267 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from [Heinrich Christian] Schumacher, Altona, to Francis Baily, Vice-President and Treasurer of the Royal Society |
Date | 29 December 1837 |
Description | Requesting a loan of an unbound copy of the 'Greenwich observations' on behalf of Professor Olafson [?] for the reduction of Flamsted's observations of the sun. Schumacher makes further mention of international observatories in Munich, Copenhagen, Armagh, and Edinburgh. |
Extent | 2p |
Format | Manuscript |
Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA5372 | Schumacher; Heinrich Christian (1780 - 1850) | 1780 - 1850 |
NA6486 | Baily; Francis (1774 - 1844); astronomer | 1774 - 1844 |