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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir John [Frederick William] Herschel; to G B [George Biddell] Airy Esq; to Sir B [Benjamin Collins] Brodie; to Leonard Horner

Reference number: MS/426/293

Date: 1 November 1847

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As the Committee of Mathematics have no recommendations as to who should be awarded the Royal Medal, ask for a meeting of the Committee of Physics, before the 11 November, to do so.

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MS/426/293
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1 November 1847
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Charles Richard Weld

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Charles Richard Weld, Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir John [Frederick William] Herschel; to G B [George Biddell] Airy Esq; to Sir B [Benjamin Collins] Brodie; to Leonard Horner, 1 November 1847, MS/426/293, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_426_293/copy-letter-from-c-r-charles-richard-weld-the-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society-to-sir-john-frederick-william-herschel-to-g-b-george-biddell-airy-esq-to-sir-b-benjamin-collins-brodie-to-leonard-horner, accessed on 14 July 2025

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    Science in the Making presents selected items from the 'Manuscripts General' series, notably astronomical observations, investigations of discrete topics, and indices and registers of papers read before the Royal Society.

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