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Reference numberMM/14/26
LevelItem
Title'Report of the Commission appointed to consider the subject of lighting picture galleries by gas'
Date20 July 1859
DescriptionDated South Kensington 20 July 1859.

The Commission was appointed for the purpose of reporting to the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council on Education. Of its members, Michael Faraday, A W Hofmann and John Tyndall were Fellows of the Royal Society.
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FormatPrinted
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8218Faraday; Michael (1791 - 1867); natural philosopher, scientific adviser, and Sandemanian1791 - 1867
NA1801Hofmann; August Wilhelm von (1818 - 1892)1818 - 1892
NA8293Tyndall; John (1820 - 1893); natural philosopher1820 - 1893
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