| Reference number | MS/928/2/142 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Alfonso Sella, Istituto Fisico, Rome, to Charles Vernon Boys |
| Creator | Sella; Alfonso (1865-1907); Italian physicist |
| Recipient | Boys; Sir Charles Vernon (1855-1944); British physicist and inventor |
| Date | 16 November 1889 |
| Description | In the course of experiments on diamagnetism, he has difficulty in finding a perfectly elastic thread. Having read Boys's paper on the properties of quartz fibres, he asks if Boys could send some. The fibre would have to bear 6 grammes and should be at least 40 centimetes in length. |
| Extent | 2p. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | On paper |
| Access status | Open |