| Reference number | NLB/10/227 |
| Alternative reference number | NLB/10 p106 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Silvanus Phillips Thompson, Fellow of the Royal Society |
| Date | 26 October 1894 |
| Description | Rix returns the 'yarn' [not attached] but cannot tell Thompson what truth there is in it. It is quite possible that Cotton Mather was hoaxed. The only certain thing is that he was never a Fellow of the Royal Society. Rix wonders if the matter might have been a mistake rather than a hoax since there wa sa Robert Mather elected in 1729, which is not far from Cotton Mather's date. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Carbon |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7141 | Thompson; Silvanus Phillips (1851 - 1916); physicist and electrical engineer | 1851 - 1916 |