| RefNo | MC/12/207 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from William Huggins, Upper Tulse Hill, to [William] Spottiswoode, [President of the Royal Society] |
| Creator | Huggins; Sir; William (1824-1910); British astronomer |
| Date | 17 October 1881 |
| Description | Regarding an inconvenient construction of the Society's telescope that Huggins has currently. It relates to the simultaneous mounting of the reflector and the achromatic on the stand. Huggins proposed a possible repair of this issue to Mr Grubb.
[The letter covers three papers, labelled MC/12/207-MC/12/207b within the volume.] |
| Extent | 6p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7376 | Huggins; Sir; William (1824 - 1910); astronomer | 1824 - 1910 |
| NA7690 | Spottiswoode; William (1825 - 1883) | 1825 - 1883 |