| RefNo | EC/1857/12 |
| Previous numbers | Cert IX, 397; A56870 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Smyth, Charles Piazzi: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | The author of several volumes of the Edinburgh Astronomical Observations; and of various papers in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Royal Astronomical Society of London, &c. The Inventor or Improver of several instruments in Navigation, Surveying & Practical Astronomy, as shown in recent publications. Distinguished for his acquaintance with the science of Practical Mathematics and instrumental knowledge. Eminent as a promoter of various branches of abstract & applied science, and as having performed a scientific journey to the Peak of Teneriffe in the year 1856. |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge. Chas Brooke.
From Personal Knowledge. J F W Herchel; M J Johnson; Robt FitzRoy; G B Airy; Baden Powell; Archibald Smith; Wm H Fitton; T M Brisbane; C W Pasley; E W Brayley; F Beaufort; Charles Babbage; Thos Mayo; Cha Lyell; Joseph Toynbee; Robert Hunt; Andw C Ramsay; Charles May; Leonard Horner; Thomas Webster |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3757 | Smyth; Charles Piazzi (1819 - 1900) | 1819 - 1900 |