Gordon's diary of the siege of Khartoum plumed The Observatory was erected in

The Observatory was erected in 1835 for the British Parallactic Society

is burnt down in the Icelandic saga Njal's Saga

Henry Fitzailwin

1863 (1901)

Gordon's diary of the siege of Khartoum plumed The Observatory was erected inGordon's diary of the siege of Khartoum, 14th December 1884. Diary written by Major General Charles George Gordon during the siege, from 10th September. (the day on which Colonel Stewart and Frank Power left Khartoum) to 14th December 1884. From the first series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Series I V, (London, 1899).