Record

RefNoMS/427/160
AltRefNoMS/427 p32
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from [Michael] Foster, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Lieut-Col. [John] Donnelly.
Date3 February 1882
DescriptionInforms Donnelly that the Council have nominated [Henry Charles] Fleeming Jenkin and [John] Hopkinson as delegates to the Commission of the Determination of the Unit of Electrical Resistance, that they are both willing to serve. [See MS/427/156]
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordMS/427/156
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7979Jenkin; Henry Charles Fleeming (1833 - 1885); engineer and electrician1833 - 1885
NA8063Hopkinson; John (1849 - 1898)1849 - 1898
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