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RefNoMS/965/2/1
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Edward Neville da Costa, Department of Physics, to Lord Marley [Dudley Leigh Aman], 50 South Audley Street, W. 1.
RecipientAman; Dudley Leigh (1884-1952); 1st Baron Marley; British soldier and Labour politician
Date9 November 1949
DescriptionComments on how much he enjoyed their conversation on the previous night and encloses his "Administratese" statement [enclosure not present]. Instructs Marley to first read it and then open the small envelope, in which he will find the sentence of Faraday which he has taken as the basis of his paraphrase. Comments 'If I have really said more in the paraphrase than Faraday said in the sentence, I have lost the game'.
Extent1p
FormatTypescript
PhysicalDescriptionCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8102Andrade; Edward Neville da Costa (1887 - 1971); physicist1887 - 1971
NA8218Faraday; Michael (1791 - 1867); natural philosopher, scientific adviser, and Sandemanian1791 - 1867
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