Record

RefNoMC/1/319
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Sir John Barrow [Second Secretary to the Admiralty], Admiralty Office, to [Dr. Peter Mark Roget], Secretary of the Royal Society
Date15 July 1831
DescriptionEnclosing a minute signed by Francis Beaufort on 14 July 1831 with a request for the Royal Society to take charge of the Magnetic and Meteorological Observations by the late Captain [Henry] Foster. The Pendulum Observations are under the care of the Astronomical Society.
[Enclosure is not attached to Barrow's letter and labelled within the volume as MC/1/319a.]
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA2824Barrow; Sir; John (1764 - 1848)1764 - 1848
NA6616Roget; Peter Mark (1779 - 1869); physician and philologist1779 - 1869
NA7230Foster; Henry (1796 - 1831); navigator1796 - 1831
NA5914Beaufort; Sir; Francis (1774 - 1857); hydrographer1774 - 1857
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