| Reference number | MC/4/181 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from James [Cosmo] Melvill, East India House, to the Marquis of Northampton, [President of the Royal Society] |
| Date | 6 August 1847 |
| Description | Regarding ongoing work to measure an arc of the Meridian in Russia and a possible combination of this with the Indian Arc. Melvill further forwards orders from the Court of Directors of the East India Company to carry out continual operation of the tide observations on the coast of Western India and Scinde [Sindh]. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7015 | Melvill; Sir; James Cosmo (1792 - 1861) | 1792 - 1861 |
| NA2272 | Compton; Spencer Joshua Alwyne (1790 - 1851); 2nd Marquess of Northampton | 1790 - 1851 |