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RefNoMC/5/189
LevelItem
TitleLetter from H L Owen, secretary, Board of Trade, Department of Science and Art, Marlborough House, London, to Lord Wrottesley, President of the Royal Society
Date14 December 1854
DescriptionRegarding the Society's cooperation in presenting the country's arts and industry at the upcoming Parish Universal Exhibition of 1855. Owen notes there are still more representatives to recruit for work on astronomical instruments and researches into magnetism.

[Committee appointed in response by the Council of the Society, on 15 December 1854.]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordMS/426/535
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3417Wrottesley; John (1798 - 1867); 2nd Baron Wrottesley1798 - 1867
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