Record

RefNoMC/12/25
LevelItem
TitleLetter from J [Joseph] Norman Lockyer, Science and Art Department, South Kensington, to the Royal Society
CreatorLockyer; Sir; Joseph Norman (1836-1920); British astronomer
Date23 March 1880
DescriptionRegarding [George Downing] Liveing and [James] Dewar's opinions on Lockyer's results in his recent paper on the existence of carbon in the sun. Lockyer requests information on erroneous alterations made to his paper.

An enclosure with an extent of 1p is present and labelled MC/12/25a within the volume. It shows alterations in red ink, which were made to a specific passage.
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1878.0053
RelatedRecordMC/12/9
MC/12/26
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6349Lockyer; Sir; Joseph Norman (1836 - 1920)1836 - 1920
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