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Reference numberMC/16/302
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Board of Trade, to Professor [Michael] Foster
Date21 March 1896
DescriptionDirected by Sir Courtney Boyle to acknowledge Foster's letter of the 20th [NLB/12/602], in which Foster informs Boyle the Royal Society have elected Professor Alexander Blackie William Kennedy and Professor William Chandler Roberts-Austen, to serve on the proposed committee to investigate the loss of strength in steel rails by prolonged use.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Access statusOpen
Related records in the catalogueNLB/12/602
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8220Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist1836 - 1907
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