| Reference number | MS/427/268 |
| Alternative reference number | MS/427 p52 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Col. [Vivian Dering] Majendie, Chief Inspector of Explosives. |
| Date | 17 March 1883 |
| Description | Replies that the report asked was found in the Council Minutes and so small a copy it is not worth being sent. Provides an extract of the report which was sent to the Ordance Office in 1801 regarding the 'electrical excitation.' As requested Stokes gives his opinion that these electrical excitations would not be able to inflame gunpowder. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
| Related records in the catalogue | MC/12/313 |