Record

RefNoMC/11/48
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Lyon Playfair to [Thomas Henry] Huxley, [Secretary of the Royal Society]
CreatorPlayfair; Lyon (1818-1898); 1st Baron Playfair; British scientist; politician
Date17 April 1877
DescriptionEnclosing a letter from Mr Spencer requestion permission to attend the next meeting of the Royal Society, at which Professor Bischof's paper on putrescent organic matter in potable water will be read. Spencer wishes to be present as one of his patented inventions, magnetic carbide, is featured in the experiment.

[Playfair's letter to Huxley is written on the fourth page of Spencer's letter to Playfair. The item and its enclosure are on one paper. For Bischof's paper, see related material.]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1877.0023
RelatedRecordMC/11/50
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8270Playfair; Lyon (1818 - 1898); 1st Baron Playfair1818 - 1898
NA8243Huxley; Thomas Henry (1825 - 1895)1825 - 1895
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