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Reference numberCD/15/1
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Hugh Frank Newall, Astrophysical Department, Cambridge, to Sir William Huggins
Date11 October 1908
DescriptionDiscusses the University possibly accepting the Royal Society's instruments [telescopes], and decides that they only could if a proper building was provided, and if they are given outright (rather than as a loan).
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA7376Huggins; Sir; William (1824 - 1910); astronomer1824 - 1910
NA1729Newall; Hugh Frank (1857 - 1944); astrophysicist1857 - 1944
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