| RefNo | MC/13/104 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Rob L J [Robert Lewis John] Ellery, President of the Royal Society of Victoria, Australia, Observatory Melbourne, to [Thomas Henry Huxley], President of the Royal Society, London |
| Creator | Ellery; Robert Lewis John (1827-1908); British-Australian astronomer |
| Date | 1 November 1884 |
| Description | Enclosing a statement from the Premier of Victoria regarding the effors to obtain from the Victorian government some recognition for Dr Edward Davy's work on electric telegraphy. Ellery asks the Royal Society to support the Royal Society of Victoria's application to, for example, have Davy's name placed on the Civil List.
[Enclosure not present.]
[For reply, see related records.] |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | MC/13/102 |
| MS/427/406 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6424 | Ellery; Robert Lewis John (1827 - 1908); astronomer | 1827 - 1908 |
| NA8243 | Huxley; Thomas Henry (1825 - 1895) | 1825 - 1895 |