| Reference number | NLB/62/401 |
| Alternative reference number | NLB/62 p224 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Herbert Hall] Turner, FRS |
| Date | 9 February 1922 |
| Description | Writes again on the subject of the [Thomas] Tompion clock. Notes that Mr. [Francis Alexander] Towle has found mention of it in a Journal Book from 1736, which states that the clock belonged to [John] Flamsteed, that it stood in the Great Room of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich when he was alive, and that it was donated to the Society by a Mr. Hodgson. Further notes that there is no other mention of it until 1835, when it was minuted that the Astronomer Royal [John Pond or George Biddell Airy] made claim to it, and it was decided to return it to him. Suggests Professor [Herbert Hall] Turner enquire with the Royal Observatory as to what clock they received from the Society in 1835. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Carbon |
| Access status | Open |
| Related records in the catalogue | NLB/64/825 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA1226 | Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician | 1877 - 1946 |
| NA1105 | Turner; Herbert Hall (1861 - 1930); astronomer and seismologist | 1861 - 1930 |