Record

RefNoMC/5/114
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Francis Higginson, No 5 Royal Hill, Greenwich, to the [Earl of Rosse], President and to the Fellows of the Royal Society
Date9 July 1853
DescriptionReporting on a meteoric explosion which he witnessed on the night of 7 July 1853. Higginson describes the phenomena in detail and encloses a sample of fused wire affected by it.

[Enclosure not present.]
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialRCN: 33441
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7505Bell; Thomas (1792 - 1880)1792 - 1880
NA8168Christie; Samuel Hunter (1784 - 1865); mathematician1784 - 1865
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