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RefNoMC/12/301
LevelItem
TitleLetter from G M [George Mathews] Whipple, acting Secretary to the Kew Committee, Kew Observatory, Richmond, Surrey, to Professor M [Michael] Foster, Secretary of the Royal Society
CreatorWhipple; George Mathews (1842-1893); British physicist
Date30 January 1883
DescriptionRegarding the director of the Royal Botanic Gardens' complaint that the name of the observatory should be changed to the 'Richmond Observatory'. Whipple offers a counter-proposal and suggests the heading on reports and correspondence could be changed to the 'Kew Observatory, Richmond'.

[The second page is on a separate paper, labelled MC/12/301a within the volume.]
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8220Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist1836 - 1907
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