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RefNoMS/427/156
AltRefNoMS/427 p31
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from [Michael] Foster, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Henry Charles] Fleeming Jenkins and Dr. [John] Hopkinson
Date21 January 1882
DescriptionAsks if Prof. [Henry Charles] Fleeming Jenkins and Dr. [John] Hopkinson will serve on the International Electric Units Commission. The Council has been requested to nominate 2 additional Delegates. They will join Sir [William] Thomson [Lord Kelvin], Prof. C. Foster and Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt] if they consent.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordMS/427/160
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7979Jenkin; Henry Charles Fleeming (1833 - 1885); engineer and electrician1833 - 1885
NA8063Hopkinson; John (1849 - 1898)1849 - 1898
NA8289Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; physicist1824 - 1907
NA6090Strutt; John William (1842 - 1919); 3rd Baron Rayleigh1842 - 1919
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