Record

RefNoMC/12/260
LevelItem
TitleLetter from G M [George Mathews] Whipple, acting Secretary for the Kew Committee, Kew Observatory, Richmond, Surrey, to the Secretary of the Royal Society
CreatorWhipple; George Mathews (1842-1893); British physicist
Date29 June 1882
DescriptionDescribing the manuscripts received at Kew from Toronto in 1871. Whipple encloses a copy letter from the deputy superintendent of the Toronto Observatory, Andrew R Gordon.

[Enclosure is present, has an extent of 2p over two papers, labelled MC/12/260b-260c. The second page of Whipple's letter is labelled MC/12/260a.]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordMC/12/248
MC/12/261
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