Record

RefNoMC/10/165
LevelItem
TitleLetter from John Allan Broun, 4 Abercorn Place, London, to Dr J D [Joseph Dalton] Hooker, President of the Royal Society
Date4 November 1874
DescriptionRegarding the management and funding systems of the Travancore [Thiruvithamkoor] government regarding the Trivandrum Observatory. Broun asks the Society to encourage the Maharajah of Travancore to continue the publication of the 'Trevandrum Magnetical Observations'.

[The letter covers two papers, the second of which is labelled MC/10/165a within the volume.]
Extent7p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3813Broun; John Allan (1817 - 1879)1817 - 1879
NA7983Hooker; Sir; Joseph Dalton (1817 - 1911); botanist1817 - 1911
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