Record

RefNoMC/12/279
LevelItem
TitleLetter from G J [George James] Symons, 62 Camden Square, London, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]
CreatorSymons; George James (1828-1900); British meteorologist
Date16 October 1882
DescriptionReturning a copy of the first volume of the 'Philosophical Transactions', which contains a rare plate of Saturn. Symons encloses a copy letter he wrote to the journal of the Athenaeum regarding this matter.

[Enclosure is present, has an extent of 1p, and is labelled MC/12/279a within the volume. For plate, see related material.]
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1665.0103
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