| Reference number | MC/3/289 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Richard Sheepshanks to the Marquis of Northampton, [President of the Royal Society] |
| Date | c. May 1843 |
| Description | Regarding the loan of an invariable pendulum to Ernst Knorr, including detailed observations on the [Henry] Kater's pendulum design. Sheepshanks is wary of this type of instrument being issued as a loan to Knorr and suggests an addition of a bar pendulum to [George Biddell] Airy's construction at the expense of £30.
[The last four pages on a separate sheet, labelled within the volume as MC/3/289a.] |
| Extent | 8p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
| Related records in the catalogue | CMP/1/172 |
| MC/3/114 |
| MC/3/116 |
| MC/3/117 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA5536 | Sheepshanks; Richard (1794 - 1855) | 1794 - 1855 |
| NA2272 | Compton; Spencer Joshua Alwyne (1790 - 1851); 2nd Marquess of Northampton | 1790 - 1851 |
| NA1206 | Kater; Henry (1777 - 1835) | 1777 - 1835 |
| NA8035 | Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician | 1801 - 1892 |