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Unpublished copy letters, regarding notice of a meteor from W [William] Ronald and Fearon Fallows

Reference number: AP/14/17

Date: October-November 1829

Description

Two letters regarding a sighting of a meteor through the roof of an observatory in the Cape of Good Hope. The first letter is from William Ronald to Fearon Fallows, and the second is from Fallows to the Secretary of the Admiralty [John Wilson Croker].

Subject: Astronomy

Written by Ronald and Fallows at the Royal Observatory in Cape of Good Hope [in modern Cape Town, South Africa]. Communicated by Croker.

Reference number
AP/14/17
Earliest possible date
October-November 1829
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Fearon Fallows

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Fearon Fallows, Unpublished copy letters, regarding notice of a meteor from W [William] Ronald and Fearon Fallows, October-November 1829, AP/14/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_14_17/unpublished-copy-letters-regarding-notice-of-a-meteor-from-w-william-ronald-and-fearon-fallows, accessed on 07 November 2025

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