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RefNoMC/11/209
LevelItem
TitleLetter from George Forbes, Scientific Club, 7 Savile Row, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, [Secretary of the Royal Society]
CreatorForbes; George (1849-1936); Scottish engineer; astronomer
Date4 May 1878
DescriptionRegarding the return of the siderostat belonging to the Society. Forbes and his collaborator James Young are unlikely to use it for a while.

The fourth page contains a typed draft response.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Typescript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordMC/11/214
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7125Forbes; George (1849 - 1936); engineer1849 - 1936
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903)1819 - 1903
NA5603Young; James (1811 - 1883)1811 - 1883
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