| RefNo | CMB/10/1 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Minutes, meeting of the Glassworkers' Cataract Committee |
| Date | 3 July 1908 |
| Description | Lists those present, including Sir William Abney, Sir Clifford Allbutt, J Rose Bradford, and Sir William Crookes. Lists committee business, including a letter from Henry Cunynghame on the 'form of cataract...peculiar to persons exposed to the glare and heat from the glass furnace'; the Council minutes appointing a committee to look into Glassworkers' cataract; election of Sir William Abney as Chair; a statement from Sir Clifford Allbutt on the Home Office's request that the Society look into the problem; appointment of a sub-committee to investigate Glass Factories; appointment of a sub-committee to carry out experimental investigations; resolution to request that Dr Parsons act as convener of the sub-committee. p1-3. |
| Extent | 3pp |
| Format | Printed |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8188 | Crookes; Sir; William (1832 - 1919); chemist and science journalist | 1832 - 1919 |
| NA1395 | Bradford; Sir; John Rose (1863 - 1935); physician and physiologist | 1863 - 1935 |
| NA6496 | Allbutt; Sir; Thomas Clifford (1836 - 1925) | 1836 - 1925 |