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RefNoMC/4/244
LevelItem
TitleLetter from James [Cosmo] Melvill, East India House, to the Marquis of Northampton, [President of the Royal Society]
Date29 June 1848
DescriptionRegarding the Council's resolution to carry on the Tidal Observations on the Coast of Western India and in Scinde [Sindh]. Melvill forwards a copy letter from [Lestock Robert] Reid and J P Willoughby from the Marine Department at Bombay Castle, dated 24 February 1848, addressed to the East India Company. This enclosure contains the latest information on the tidal observations.
[Enclosure is present and covers two papers, which are labelled within the volume as MC/4/244a-b.]
Extent6p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7015Melvill; Sir; James Cosmo (1792 - 1861)1792 - 1861
NA2272Compton; Spencer Joshua Alwyne (1790 - 1851); 2nd Marquess of Northampton1790 - 1851
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