Letter from, Alexander McLeay to Sir Humphrey Davy, dated at Sydney, New South Wales

Reference number: HS/13/11

Date: 29 July 1826

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Autograph letter signed by sender. This letter is marked 'private'. Refers to his arrival at the 'colony' and disappointment at finding tat nothing had been done towards the movement of the arc of the meridian. Recommendations to the government for the employment of certain people. Refers to the observatory, instruments, and the Royal Society's publications.

Reference number: HS/13/11
Earliest possible date: 29 July 1826
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Alexander McLeay

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Alexander McLeay, Letter from, Alexander McLeay to Sir Humphrey Davy, dated at Sydney, New South Wales, 29 July 1826, HS/13/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_11/letter-from-alexander-mcleay-to-sir-humphrey-davy-dated-at-sydney-new-south-wales, accessed on 12 November 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 13 M miscellaneous-Plana
1812-1869 Reference number: HS/13

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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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