Record

RefNoMC/1/326
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Sir John Barrow [Second Secretary to the Admiralty], Admiralty Office, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society]
Date30 August 1831
DescriptionEnclosing a letter from the Navy Board with a request for a form to be drawn up for the purpose of keeping an account of the rise and fall of the tides.
The enclosed letter is dated 29 August 1831, addressed to the Honourable George Elliot, and signed by [Richard] Dundas and J.D. Thomson.
[Enclosure is a separate page and is labelled within the volume as MC/1/326a.]
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordMC/1/327
MC/1/328
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6616Roget; Peter Mark (1779 - 1869); physician and philologist1779 - 1869
NA2824Barrow; Sir; John (1764 - 1848)1764 - 1848
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