| RefNo | NLB/6/427 |
| AltRefNo | NLB/6 p175-176 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to the Secretary, Royal Astronomical Society |
| Date | 11 May 1892 |
| Description | Replying to the Secretary's letter of 8 April, the President and Council cordially approve of the suggestion to form a joint Committee with the Eclipse Committee of the Royal Astronomical Society and have nominated for that purpose the following gentlemen; Lord Kelvin [William Thomson], John Evans, Michael Foster, Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt], Sir Archibald Geikie, the Astronomer Royal Captain Abney, Mr Common, Mr Hind, Dr Huggins, Professor Lockyer, Professor Schuster, Sir Gabriel Stokes, Mr Stone, General Tennant and Captain Wharton. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Carbon |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8220 | Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist | 1836 - 1907 |
| NA8289 | Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; mathematician and physicist | 1824 - 1907 |
| NA6090 | Strutt; John William (1842 - 1919); 3rd Baron Rayleigh; experimental and mathematical physicist | 1842 - 1919 |
| NA6174 | Geikie; Sir; Archibald (1835 - 1924); geologist and historian | 1835 - 1924 |
| NA6454 | Abney; Sir; William de Wiveleslie (1843 - 1920) | 1843 - 1920 |
| NA8283 | Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); physicist | 1819 - 1903 |
| NA1686 | Evans; Sir; John (1823 - 1908) | 1823 - 1908 |