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RefNoMS/257/5/126
AltRefNoSa.1806
Previous numbersES5/25/1806
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [William Parkinson] Wilson, Melbourne University to Edward Sabine
Date23 February 1865
Description[Update regarding the great Melbourne telescope]. Wilson thanks Sabine for a copy of his address to The Royal Society, and a translation of Struve’s account of his visit to Malta. The Board of Visitors has passed a resolution recommending the purchase of a telescope of Mr [Thomas] Grubb’s design. Reference to funding the telescope. Wilson expresses their anxiousness at retaining ‘the right to accepting [William] Lassell’s telescope if they fail in getting funding for Grubb’s.
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8279Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883)1788 - 1883
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