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RefNoHD/13/164
Previous numbers93HD.64.2
LevelItem
TitleNotes concerning 'Prince Rupert's Drops'
Date[26 February 1948]
DescriptionNotes from Royal Society records and Pepys Diary in connection with the demonstration by Dale at a Royal Society Club dinner on 26 February 1948 of glass fragments sent to him by a correspondent and said to be the remains of a cheap glass tumbler from Woolworth's which spontaneously exploded in the night
Extent2pp
FormatTypescript
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsOPEN - but with some restrictions
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