| Reference number | MC/7/291 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from J [James] Emerson Tennent, Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, Whitehall, to [Sir Edward Sabine], President of the Royal Society |
| Date | 9 January 1866 |
| Description | Forwarding a copy dispatch and its enclosures from the Governor of Ceylon [Sri Lanka] regarding the practicability of using electric light in oyster bed fishing there.
[Enclosures are present with a total extent of 15p over nine papers. They include: a dispatch from Hercules Robinson to Edward Cardwell [MC/7/291a], a letter to the Colonial Secretary [MC/7/291b], a handwritten extract from the Manchester Times on fishing by electric light [MC/7/291c-f], and a letter from Holdsworth to the Colonial Secretary [MC/7/291g-h].] |
| Extent | 17p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
| Related records in the catalogue | MC/7/297 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA1670 | Tennent; Sir; James Emerson (1804 - 1869) | 1804 - 1869 |
| NA8279 | Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883) | 1788 - 1883 |