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Lee, John. Papers relating to the Balloon Committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1858-1866.
BANC MSS 76/98 zLOCAL
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Title:
Papers relating to the Balloon Committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1858-1866Creator/Contributor:
Lee, John., creatorAbstract:
Concerning scientific research and meterorological observations conducted from balloons by James Glaisher for the committee.
Included are notices and minutes of meetings, and letters from Sir George Biddell Airy, Henry Tracey Coxwell, James Glaisher,
James W. L. Glaisher, Sir John F. W. Herschel, John Phillips, John Propert, Alfred Smee, William Henry Smyth, William Henry
Sykes, George Granville William Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland, John Tyndall and Sir John Wrottesley.
Date:
1858 (issued)Subject:
Balloon ascensionsNote:
Included in: History of Science and Technology Collection.
Physical Description:
1 box.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 76/98 zLOCAL