Reference number | MS/257/5/107 |
Alternative reference number | Sa.1787 |
Previous numbers | ES5/21/1787 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from Richard Wilcox, Lucknow to Edward Sabine, Woolwich |
Date | 22 September 1845 |
Description | Wilcox refers to sending abstracts of monthly and two hourly observations of instruments at [Lucknow Observatory] from June 1842 to May 1844, addressed to Sir [John] Herschel as the President of the Committee of Physics. Wilcox informs Sabine that only two out of 18 packets reached Herschel. Wilcox asks Sabine if there has been any improvement in the ‘mode of observing’. Reference to new instruments. |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Manuscript |
Physical description | Ink on paper |
Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8279 | Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883) | 1788 - 1883 |