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RefNoMC/15/117
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Courtenay [Edmund] Boyle, Board of Trade (Railway Department), London, to the Secretary of the Royal Society
CreatorBoyle; Sir; Courtenay Edmund (1845-1901)
Date16 December 1890
DescriptionAcknowledges the Secretary's letter informing the Board of Trade, that the Council of the Royal Society have appointed Sir William Thompson and Lord Rayleigh as members of the Committee which the Board of Trade propos to appoint' with a view to fix standards of electrical measurements under the Weights and Measures Act 1889.
Extent2p
FormatTypescript
AccessStatusOpen
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