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RefNoMC/10/229
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Francis Galton, 42 Rutland Gate, to [George Gabriel Stokes and Thomas Henry Huxley], Secretaries of the Royal Society
Date11 March 1875
DescriptionEnclosing a cheque for £25 to repay a grant given to him in 1873 towards the construction of meteorological instruments. Galton believes he should take on the expenses due to obvious faults in its construction.

[Enclosure not present.]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7708Galton; Sir; Francis (1822 - 1911); statistician, human geneticist and eugenicist1822 - 1911
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903)1819 - 1903
NA8243Huxley; Thomas Henry (1825 - 1895)1825 - 1895
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