Record

RefNoMS/928/4/1/1
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Geoffrey Vernon Boys, St Mary Bourne, Andover, Hampshire, to Robert John Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh
CreatorBoys; Geoffrey Vernon (1893-1945); British engineer
RecipientStrutt; Robert John; fourth Baron Rayleigh (1875-1947); British experimental physicist
Date22 June 1944
DescriptionBoys has received Rayleigh's letter of 17 June and is glad that he is writing the Royal Society obituary. He answers the eight questions posed by Rayleigh in the order in which they came: on Sir Charles Vernon Boys's work as a gas referee; as an expert witness; as a consulting engineer; and as a naturalist. Boys notes of the second edition of the book on 'Weeds', 'The entire stock was destroyed in an air raid'. He also comments on 'Tools and apparatus', 'Home', and 'Retired life' with a few private and personal remarks to Lord Rayleigh.
Extent5p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionOn paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7877Strutt; Robert John (1875 - 1947); 4th Baron Rayleigh; experimental physicist1875 - 1947
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