RefNo | MM/12/81 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from G B Airy, Greenwich, to Thomas Bell |
Date | 30 April 1853 |
Description | Commenting on the building of the Southern Telescope, with sections in his letter titled 'On the General Course of Conduct of the Committee', 'On the Site', 'On the Telescope and its Mounting' and 'On the Exhibition of Results'.
For the telescope's location, Airy suggests the summit of Ben Lawers in Scotland. |
Extent | 8 sides |
Format | Manuscript |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Letter printed in <i>Correspondence concerning the Great Melbourne Telescope</i>, Royal Society: London, 1871, pp30-33 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA7505 | Bell; Thomas (1792 - 1880) | 1792 - 1880 |
NA8035 | Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician | 1801 - 1892 |