| Reference number | MS/427/204 |
| Alternative reference number | MS/427 p40 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from [Michael] Foster, Secretary of the Royal Society; to [David] Milne Home Esq. Milne Garden. Coldstream. Scotland |
| Date | 27 May 1882 |
| Description | Informs of the decision to nominate [William] Thomson as representative of the Royal Society on the Council of the Scottish Meteorological Society. States Thomson is willing to accept and take charge of the proposed observatory on Ben Nevis. The nomination was requested by the Duke of Richmond and Gordon [Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox]. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
| Related records in the catalogue | MC/12/250 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8289 | Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; mathematician and physicist | 1824 - 1907 |