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RefNoMC/3/246
LevelItem
TitleLetter from James [Cosmo] Melvill, East India House, to Sir John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]
Date5 November 1842
DescriptionReiterating the procedure for the issue of orders regarding the provision of instruments. This is in response to the Society's request to the Court of Directors at the East India Company to supply magnetical instruments to Cpatain Boileau at the Simla observatory.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordCMP/1/162
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7015Melvill; Sir; James Cosmo (1792 - 1861)1792 - 1861
NA7010Lubbock; Sir; John William (1803 - 1865)1803 - 1865
NA5415Boileau; John Theophilus (1805 - 1886)1805 - 1886
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