Record

RefNoMS/257/3/340
AltRefNoSa.1085
Previous numbersES3/79/1085
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Thomas Romney Robinson, Armagh Observatory to Edward Sabine
Date12 February 1864
DescriptionRegarding Colonel [Alexander] Strange’s instrumental proposal for ‘star observations made in London’. Romney describes testing his ‘object glass’ with Andrew Ross, referring to a transit instrument, the theodolite, collimators, vertical circles, and the level.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA2440Robinson; Thomas Romney (1792 - 1882)1792 - 1882
NA8279Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883)1788 - 1883
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