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Letter to George F. FitzGerald from Charles Chree

Title

Letter to George F. FitzGerald from Charles Chree

Date

1898

Publisher

Chree, Charles, 1860-1928

Identifier

GFF 5/69a

Subject

Description

A letter from Charles Chree to George. F Fitzgerald outlining the transport of scientific instruments to Markree Observatory in Co. Sligo. Mr F. W. Henkel is also mentioned as he was the appointed astronomer at Markree Observatory. pp. 2

Transcription:

Dear Professor Fitzgerald,

We have completed the examination of the dip circle and [xxxx] for Valencia, and gut out the tables too, so that the instruments are ready for transport to Ireland. In case you have no other convoy in view I might mention Mr Henkel of Markree Observatory proposes to begin a course of magnetic instruction here around Jan 8th terminating about Jan 20th when he rehomes I think in Ireland.

I know nothing of Mr Henkel or whether he would be likely to undertake charge of the instruments.

To whom shall the account be made out for the verification fee?

Yours faithfully,

Charles Chree
Superintendent

Source

RDS Library & Archives GFF collection of letters

Contributor

Fitzgerald, George Francis, 1851-1901

Rights

Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.

Relation

RDS Science Archive

Format

Manuscript

Language

English

Type

Text

Coverage

1870-1901

Collection

George Francis Fitzgerald Letters

Citation

“Letter to George F. FitzGerald from Charles Chree,” RDS Digital Archive, accessed July 18, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/1980.

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