| RefNo | MC/3/27 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Richard Jenkins and [William Butterworth] Bayley, East India House, to the Marquis of Northampton [President of the Royal Society] |
| Date | 10 June 1839 |
| Description | Regarding the Marquis' letter and that of Sir John Herschel regarding the proposed extension of magnetic enquiries to the East Indies. The court of directors at the East India Company order the astronomer at Madras [Chennai] to carry on such enquiries. Jenkins and Bayley enclose a list of instruments needed for magnetic and tidal observations in India.
[Enclosures not present.]
[Resolved by Council on 13 June 1839.] |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | CMP/1/116 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1694 | Jenkins; Sir; Richard (1785 - 1853) | 1785 - 1853 |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
| NA2272 | Compton; Spencer Joshua Alwyne (1790 - 1851); 2nd Marquess of Northampton | 1790 - 1851 |