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Reference numberMC/21/204
Alternative reference numberMC.06204
LevelItem
TitleIncomplete letter from Pender Electrical Laboratory, University College, Gower Street, London, to Professor [Joseph] Larmor, Secretary of the Royal Society, St John's College, Cambridge
Date13 March 1906
DescriptionRefers to Marconi's imoportant discoveries and inventions relating to the 'methods of projecting a beam of electric rays in any required direction without mirrors or lenses', 'locating the position of the radiant point when at a great distance, and 'observations on the locality from whence atmospheric electrical disturbances proceed'. Marconi is leaving for America on 26th March and is 'anxious' to read a short paper before the Royal Society prior to his departure. GEiki informed that the reading could follow the Bakerian Lecture.
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FormatTypescript
Access statusOpen
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CodeNameDates
NA7894Larmor; Sir; Joseph (1857 - 1942); physicist1857 - 1942
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