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RefNoMC/32/264
AltRefNo17264
LevelItem
TitleLetter from George [Walker] Walker, Heath Cottage, Boar's Hill, Oxford, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]
CreatorWalker; George Walker (1874 - 1921)
Date16 February 1917
DescriptionInforms that one of the chronometers is at the Royal Society with the rest of the apparatus and the other one is still at Cambridge Observatory. States he spoke to Sir Frank [Watson] Dyson about them some time ago.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordNLB/54/137
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1196Walker; George Walker (1874 - 1921)1874 - 1921
NA8209Dyson; Sir; Frank Watson (1868 - 1939); astronomer1868 - 1939
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