Table of expenses for the Port Louis observatory [Mauritius], by John Augustus Lloyd
Reference number: HS/19/242
Date: 31 October 1837
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Itemised table of expenses to set-up the astronomical observatory at Port Louis on Mauritius, by John Augustus Lloyd.
Includes all names and costs for local instrument-makers, tradesmen, builders, details on the set-up and instruments.
Notes the interest on the value of instruments for seven years, and leaves empty an entry for "amount of reasonable remuneration for my services, trouble, & exertions during 6 years in establishing & keeping up the observatory... Purchase of my proprietary share in the estate".
This table was likely sent in enclosure to HS/11/298, Herschel also sent it to Thomas Maclear, who thanked him for it in HS/12/195
- Reference number
- HS/19/242
- Earliest possible date
- 31 October 1837
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 6 pp.
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Augustus Lloyd, Table of expenses for the Port Louis observatory [Mauritius], by John Augustus Lloyd, 31 October 1837, HS/19/242, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_19_242/table-of-expenses-for-the-port-louis-observatory-mauritius-by-john-augustus-lloyd, accessed on 03 December 2024
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Letter, from John Augustus Lloyd to [Sir William Nicolay, Governor of Mauritius, dated at Mauritius
Creator: John Augustus Lloyd Reference number: HS/11/299 -
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Creator: Thomas Maclear Reference number: HS/12/195 -
Letter, from John Augustus Lloyd to Sir John Herschel, dated at Mauritius
Creator: John Augustus Lloyd Reference number: HS/11/298
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 19 Miscellaneous
1821-1870 Reference number: HS/19
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