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RefNoMC/11/318
LevelItem
TitleLetter from William Thomson, The University Glasgow, to [Thomas Henry Huxley and George Gabriel Stokes], Secretaries of the Royal Society
CreatorThomson; William (1824-1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; British physicist
Date10 March 1879
DescriptionRegarding his denied application for £60 from the Government Grant to fund the construction of a machine, which would solve simultaneous linear equations. Thomson hopes the Council could reconsider their decision and encloses drawings to illustrate the utility of the machinery. He also references another application for £70 to continue tidal investigations.

[The second and third pages of the letter is on a separate paper, labelled MC/11/318a within the volume. The enclosed drawings have an extent of 3p, labelled MC/11/318b-318d.]
Extent6p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8289Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; physicist1824 - 1907
NA8243Huxley; Thomas Henry (1825 - 1895)1825 - 1895
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903)1819 - 1903
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