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Reference numberNLB/4/720
Alternative reference numberNLB/4 p293-294
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Herbert Rix, to the Under Secretary of State for India, India Office, S.W.
Date3 October 1890
DescriptionThe Council of the Royal Society have had under consideration the disposal of various parcels of manuscripts in their possession and have resolved that the following be offered to the India Office; the manuscript of the meteorological and tidal observations at Akyab, Kyvok, Phoo, Corniga and Coconada River, Cochin, and Balasore; and tidal observations at Singapore, 1843-1845. The Council are advised that the Akyab and Cochin Tidal Observations in recent years have been treated by Harmonic Analysis and the results published annually, and it is though that the remaining observations might be useful to the office for similar treatment.
Extent2p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
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