| Description | First meeting of the Kew Maintenance Committee - page 15
Present at the meeting;
Mr Spottiswoode, Treasurer RS in the Chair; Mr De la Rue; Mr F Galton; Mr Grove; Dr Hirst; Dr Sharpey; Professor Stokes; Colonel Strange; Dr Thomson; Dr Tyndall; Ssir C Wheatstone; Dr Williamson
Committee established following a letter frorm T Archer Hirst, General Secretary of the British Association on receipt of a resolution referred by the General Committee of the British Association at Liverpool to their Council on 10 December 1870. Also a RS Council minute 19 January 1871 'resolving, that the communication from the British Association respecting the Kew Observatory be referred for consideration and report to a Committee' (personnel listed)
Includes various extracts from the Council Minutes sent to the members of the committee; from Balfour Stewart FRS Superintendant of the Kew Observatory; G B Airy, Astronomer Royal; Rev. Dr H Lloyd FRS Trinity College DublinColonel Sykes MP FRS late Chairman of the Kew Committee; Rev. Dr. Robinson FRS Director of Armagh Observatory and Sir John F W Herschel.
Motion by Colonel Strange Mr De la Rue that 'Whilst the President and Council of the Royal Society will doubtless feel deeply interested in the continuance of the Scientific work now carried on at Kew the Committee were not prepared to recommend the Council to undertake the responsibility of the maintenance of the Establishment' carried.
Motion discussed and amended regretting they cannot recommend to Council to accept Mr Gassiot's generous offer .
Letter of 27 March 1871 by Balfour Stewart read to the Committee |