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RefNoMC/31/148
AltRefNo16147
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [Ernest Alfred William] Phillips, Rawdon House, 4 Aymer Road, Hove, to The Royal Society, Burlington House, W
CreatorPhillips; Ernest Alfred William (fl 1916); engineer
Date27 November 1916
DescriptionRefers to the claim made in the current Outlook correspondence by Mr John Nicholls, on behalf of a Fellow of the Royal Society, Edinburgh, tp to priority of discovery of the thyroid in Biritsh weights and measures, he can only refer to the preface to his book "British Tade and the Metric System". Details his discoveries.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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