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Reference numberMS/427/393
Alternative reference numberMS/427 p76
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to A. Marth Esq.
Date21 November 1884
DescriptionInforms of the decision of the Solar Physics Committee and Mr [Warren] De La Rue to discontinue A. Marth's cataloguing of the heliographic positions of the sunspots. They however agree with the suggestion to discontinue the arduous verification of the results, which have been found to be unnecessary, and to have them catalogued in the order set in the books. Asks for the dates in which the recordings started and finished.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA3837Rue; Warren de la (1815 - 1889); chemist and astronomer1815 - 1889
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