| Reference number | MC/5/80 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Edward Sabine, [Treasurer of the Royal Society], Woolwich, to Thomas Bell, [Secretary of the Royal Society] |
| Date | 4 January 1853 |
| Description | Regarding [William Henry] Smyth's withdrawing of the first paragraph of his circular to the members of the Southern Telescope Committee. Sabine claims this would have the consequence that Dr [Thomas Romney] Robinson's letter regarding the content of the first paragraph, the supposed inferiority or superiority to the Cape Astronomical Observatory, should no longer be laid before the committee. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
| Related records in the catalogue | MC/5/78 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8279 | Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883) | 1788 - 1883 |
| NA7505 | Bell; Thomas (1792 - 1880) | 1792 - 1880 |
| NA2440 | Robinson; Thomas Romney (1792 - 1882) | 1792 - 1882 |
| NA5062 | Smyth; William Henry (1788 - 1865) | 1788 - 1865 |