| RefNo | EC/1852/11 |
| Previous numbers | Cert IX, 298; A56975 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Simms, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Mr William Simms. The Author of several papers relating to optics & astronomical instruments Memr R Ast Soc. The Inventor of the Self-acting Machine for dividing Circles. By this Machine the Alt Azimuth & Meridian Circle at Greenwich were divided. Distinguished for his acquaintance with the science of practical optics & astronomical mechanics. Eminent as an astronomical observer, & as an artist in the construction of philosophical apparatus, of telescopes, of instruments, &c. |
| Proposers | From Personal Knowledge. Wrottesley; Wm Gravatt; Joshua Field FRS; Thos Makdougall Brisbane FRS, President RS Edinburgh; J W Lubbock; G B Airy; John Couch Adams Pres RAS; W H Smyth VP RAS; George Rennie FRS; Charles Pritchard MA RAS; George Bishop Treasurer RAS; John Lee Council RAS; Richard Sheepshanks Council RAS; James Glaisher Council RAS; John Geo Children; George Fisher Council RAS; Bryan Donkin FRS; W Cubbitt MRIA &c; J Walker LLD FRS &c; I K Brunel; Baden Powell |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5621 | Simms; William (1793 - 1860) | 1793 - 1860 |