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Reference numberMC/3/140
LevelItem
TitleLetter from George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to Samuel Hunter Christie, [Secretary of the Royal Society]
Date10 February 1841
DescriptionEnclosing an application from the principal librarian of the University of Leyden for a copy of the 'Greenwich Observations' from 1830 to the current edition.
The second page is another letter to Christie, dated the same day, in reaction to a letter by [John David] Roberton including a query about [Luke] Howard's paper submitted to the Society.
[Enclosures not present.]
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
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