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RefNoMC/15/114
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [Herbert Hall] Turner, Secretary to the Eclipse Committee of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Royal Observatory, Greenwich, to the Secretary of the Royal Society
CreatorTurner; Herbert Hall (1861-1930)
Date24 November 1890
DescriptionTurner requests on behalf of [Frank Hagar] Bigelow, 'permission to make positive copies of the negatives of the solar eclipses of 1882 and 1883, which are property of the Royal Society but' deposited with Mr Wesley at the Royal Astronomical Society. Describes Bigelow's work and the reason for this request.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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CodePersonNameDates
NA1105Turner; Herbert Hall (1861 - 1930); astronomer and seismologist1861 - 1930
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