| Reference number | MS/426/44 |
| Alternative reference number | MS/426 p27 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from [John William] Lubbock, Treasurer of the Royal Society; to the Earl of Lincoln [Henry Pelham-Clinton], 172 Whitehall Place |
| Date | 11 March 1842 |
| Description | Informs that the members of the Council have now viewed the building at Kew and have decided to decline the offer of it [as a observatory]. This is due to the dilapidated state and its openness to the weather. Also because meteorological and magnetic observations are being carried out more efficiently by the Astronomer Royal [George Biddell Airy] at Greenwich. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8035 | Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician | 1801 - 1892 |