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RefNoMS/928/2/200
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Robert Williams Wood, Physical Laboratory, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, to Charles Vernon Boys
Date21 November 1901
DescriptionHe recalls Boys telling him about an anti-splash fro high pressure faucets and asks for details of the mesh size and method of inserting it into the tap. He would like to have a diagram of Boys's 'tornado machine', the remains of which he saw in Boys's laboratory. He has been voted a grant of $350 by the American Academy for researches on sodium vapour and solicits advice from Boys.
Extent2p.
FormatTypescript
PhysicalDescriptionOn paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5783Wood; Robert Williams (1868 - 1955)1868 - 1955
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