| Reference number | MC/5/114 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Francis Higginson, No 5 Royal Hill, Greenwich, to the [Earl of Rosse], President and to the Fellows of the Royal Society |
| Date | 9 July 1853 |
| Description | Reporting on a meteoric explosion which he witnessed on the night of 7 July 1853. Higginson describes the phenomena in detail and encloses a sample of fused wire affected by it.
[Enclosure not present.] |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | RCN: 33441 |
| Related records in the catalogue | MC/5/84 |
| MC/5/89 |
| MC/5/90 |
| MC/5/97 |
| MC/5/99 |
| MS/426/486 |
| MC/5/100 |
| MC/5/102 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7505 | Bell; Thomas (1792 - 1880) | 1792 - 1880 |
| NA8168 | Christie; Samuel Hunter (1784 - 1865); mathematician | 1784 - 1865 |