| Reference number | MC/4/291 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from James [Cosmo] Melvill, East India House, to Samuel [Hunter] Christie, [Secretary of the Royal Society] |
| Date | 27 June 1849 |
| Description | Regarding the publication of Lieutenant Elliott's observations taken during his Magnetic Survey of the Islands of the Indian Archipelago. Melvill forwards the Court of Director's decision to instruct the Astronomer at Madras Observatory [Chennai] to reduce the observations and their approval to have observations published as part of the 'Philosophical Transactions'. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1851.0014 |
| Related records in the catalogue | MC/4/283 |
| MS/426/380 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7015 | Melvill; Sir; James Cosmo (1792 - 1861) | 1792 - 1861 |
| NA8168 | Christie; Samuel Hunter (1784 - 1865); mathematician | 1784 - 1865 |