Record

RefNoCMB/10/28
LevelItem
TitleMinutes, meeting of the Glassworkers' Cataract Committee
Date10 November 1913
DescriptionLists those present with Sir William Abney in the Chair. Lists committee business including Sir Clifford Allbutt's enquiries into heat rays and the eyes; a resolution to ask the Home Office about an additional grant of £200; adoption of Sir William Crookes' report on the preparation of eye-preserving glass for spectacles and a decision to send it to the Home Secretary; the death of Edward Nettleship. 49-51.
Extent2pp
FormatTypescript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6454Abney; Sir; William de Wiveleslie (1843 - 1920)1843 - 1920
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