Meeting of Solar Physics Comee at 2.30pm. Trinity House Dinner, Duke of York in the chair.
William Christie, Astronomer Royal
RH says..... The Duke of York, pictured to the left, was the future king of England, George V.
Joining the 2009 International Year of Astronomy's Cosmic Diary project, this blog transcribes 19th-century working journals kept by the Astronomer Royal and Chief Assistant of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. Transcription and comments are provided by a 21st-century curator working on the same site.
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