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RefNoMC/25/145
AltRefNo10145
LevelItem
TitleLetter from H.C Morton, Captain Royal Marine [Lieutenant Infantry], 139 Stoke Road, Gosport, Hants, to [Royal Society]
CreatorCaptain Royal Marine [Lieutenant Infantry]
Date24 November 1910
DescriptionSeeking advice from the Royal Society on applying to loan a 20" mirror currently held at the Solar Physics Observatory. Wishes to borrow it for the use fo a large aperture low powered telescope for directing the guns of battleships in nght attacks by destroyers.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordNLB/43/232
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