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Reference numberCD/46/19
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Sir David Gill, to Joseph Larmor, Secretary of the Royal Society
Date29 November 1908
DescriptionInforms Joseph Larmor that he [Sir David Gill] is confined to bed with illness, and so cannot write well. Has a letter from [Leonard] Darwin where it appears he will rely on the Royal Society for £150 to make up the subscription of the Societies towards the money for the Colonial Office [for the measurement of the African arc of meridian]. Notes the other subscriptions and amounts being paid.
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA7894Larmor; Sir; Joseph (1857 - 1942); physicist1857 - 1942
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