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RefNoMC/33/24
AltRefNo18024
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [Sydney] Chapman, Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London, S.E.10., to The Assistant Secretary, The Royal Society
CreatorChapman; Sydney (1888 - 1970)
Date29 October 1918
DescriptionNotes that his paper on "Terrestrial Magnetic Variation", just returned, states that the MSS is property of the Royal Society. States that the Astronomer Royal informed him that he understiid the paper was to be regarded as not having been communicated to the Royal Society and that the usual rule as to ownership would not be applied. Seeks clarification.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8165Chapman; Sydney (1888 - 1970); mathematician and geophysicist1888 - 1970
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