| RefNo | MS/425/162 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter, James Hudson, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, to Dr [Peter Mark] Roget |
| Creator | Hudson; James (1804-1859); British librarian and assistant secretary to the Royal Society |
| Date | 19 June 1832 |
| Description | Sending a portfolio from Mr Green containing Dr [Marshall] Hall's paper and Mr Owen's ['On the mammary glands of the ornithorhynclius paradoxus'], for communication to the Society. Mr [John Frederic] Daniell's paper on the water barometer ['On the water-barometer erected in the hall of the Royal Society'] has also been received. Hudson's own paper ['Hourly observations on the barometer; with experimental investigations into the phenomena of its periodical oscillation'] will be ready by Thursday and will be short. The gentleman for whom Sir George Staunton borrowed a manuscript is now deceased and the volume has been returned to the Society.
With a note: 'See Sir G. Staunton's Lre. no.18'. |
| Extent | 2p. [pp.69-70] |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | On paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6616 | Roget; Peter Mark (1779 - 1869); physician and philologist | 1779 - 1869 |