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RefNoMC/28/171
AltRefNo13171
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [Thomas Howell] Laby, Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z, to The Secretary of the Royal Society, London
CreatorLaby; Thomas Howell (1880 - 1946)
Date6 December 1912
DescriptionThanking the Royal Society for helping him by lending him fice milligrams of radium bromide, reporting that the results of an investigation on the 'Nature of X-rays' have been made possible owing to it. States that further results obtained by PW Burbidge will be sent to the Society shortly, believing they have found disctinct evidence in support of the entity character of the rays.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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CodePersonNameDates
NA6157Laby; Thomas Howell (1880 - 1946)1880 - 1946
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