Reference number | MS/427/393 |
Alternative reference number | MS/427 p76 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter from Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to A. Marth Esq. |
Date | 21 November 1884 |
Description | Informs 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. |
Extent | 1p |
Format | Manuscript |
Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA3837 | Rue; Warren de la (1815 - 1889); chemist and astronomer | 1815 - 1889 |