RefNo | MC/3/286 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to Samuel Hunter Christie, Secretary of the Royal Society |
Date | 25 May 1843 |
Description | Regarding possible steps to be taken for the construction of the National Standard of Weight. Airy requests a loan of Ramsden's balance belonging to the Society. [Request granted by Council on 1 June 1843.] |
Extent | 2p |
Format | Manuscript |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedRecord | MC/3/259 |
MC/3/260 |
MC/3/257 |
MC/3/267 |
CMP/1/172 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8035 | Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician | 1801 - 1892 |
NA8168 | Christie; Samuel Hunter (1784 - 1865); mathematician | 1784 - 1865 |