Record

Reference numberMC/12/209
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Colonel J F D [John Fretcheville Dykes] Donnelly, Science and Art Department, London, to [Thomas Henry Huxley and George Gabriel Stokes], Secretaries of the Royal Society, Burlington House
CreatorDonnelly; Sir; John Fretcheville Dykes (1834-1902); Major-General Royal Engineers
Date21 October 1881
DescriptionRegarding the Council's nominations for delegates to an International Commission on Electrical Units, which will be held in Paris. Donnelly encloses a copy letter from the French government to the Foreign Office.

[Enclosure is present, has an extent of 6p, and is labelled MC/12/209a-209b within the volume. For reply, see related record.]
LanguageEnglish
French
Extent8p
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
Related records in the catalogueMS/427/134
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8243Huxley; Thomas Henry (1825 - 1895)1825 - 1895
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); physicist1819 - 1903
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