Letter from Sir George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to Professor Wheatstone, King's College, Somerset House.
Invites the Professor to attend the dinner at the Crown and Sceptre after the annual visitation by the Board of Visitors. Airy invites the Professor to arrive early and take a look at the magnetic and meteorological establishment. The weatherboarded Crown and Sceptre Tavern was on the Greenwich riverfront immediately west of Trinity Hospital. In1837 its large new neo-classical dining hall opened on the west side as a venue for public dinners. Both were demolished (the hall before the tavern) and replaced in 1936-7 by still-standing low warehouses called Highbridge Wharf.
Record Details
| Item reference: | AGC/A/4/6 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1841-06-01 |
| Creator: | Airy, George Biddell |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Letter from Sir George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to W. Newman, Mathematical Instrument Maker, Regent Street, London. (Manuscript) (AGC/A/4/2)
- Letter from Sir George Biddell Airy, Flamsteed House, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to George Peacock, Dean of Ely. (Manuscript) (AGC/A/4/3)
- Letter from Sir George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to George Ransome, Ipswich. (Manuscript) (AGC/A/4/4)
- Letter from Sir George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to George Ransome. (Manuscript) (AGC/A/4/5)
- Letter from Sir George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to Professor Wheatstone, King's College, Somerset House. (Manuscript) (AGC/A/4/6)
- Letter from Sir George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to George F Chambers. (Manuscript) (AGC/A/4/7)
- Letter from Sir George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to E W Cooke. (Manuscript) (AGC/A/4/8)
- Letter from Sir George Biddell Airy, Sutherland, to His Grace The Duke of Northumberland. (Manuscript) (AGC/A/4/9)
- Letter from Sir George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to William M. Dobie [address unknown]. (Manuscript) (AGC/A/4/10)
- Letter from Sir George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to William M. Dobie [address unknown]. (Manuscript) (AGC/A/4/11)
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