Royal Society

Royal Observatory Greenwich: Minutes of Visitations

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0117 MS/600

Held at: Royal Society

Title: Royal Observatory Greenwich: Minutes of Visitations

Date(s): 1763-1815

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 76 ff

Name of creator(s): Royal Observatory Greenwich

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CONTENT

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Minutes of Visitations of the Royal Observatory Greenwich, together with relevant extracts from the Minutes of the Council of the Royal Society.

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Language/scripts of material: English

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Open

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No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

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Detailed catalogue

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Archivist's note: Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.

INDEX ENTRIES

Subjects
Astronomical observatories | Scientific facilities
Astronomy

Personal names

Corporate names
Royal Observatory | Greenwich
Royal Society

Places