Record

RefNoMC/12/320
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Thos [Thomas] Burt, Reform Club, Pall Mall, to the Royal Society
CreatorBurt; Thomas (1837-1922); British trade unionist; politician
Date31 March 1883
DescriptionRegarding the efforts to improve miners' safety lamps, for which the Miners' National Union has allocated prize money. Burt requests the government's help and the use of an apparatus which was prepared for testing lamps by the Commission on Accidents in Mines.

[An enclosure, the Miners' National Union's conditions for a premium for a miners' safety lamp, is present, has an extent of 1p, and is labelled MC/12/320a within the volume.]
Extent5p
FormatManuscript
Typescript
AccessStatusOpen
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