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RefNoNLB/11/854
AltRefNoNLB/11 p415
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Michael Foster, to Charles Michie Smith, Government Astronomer, Madras [Chennai]
Date18 October 1895
DescriptionOwing to the vacation Smith's letter of the 13th September has only just come before Foster. At present there are no physical [or] chemical volumes of the 'Challenger' report concerning which the Society can do anything. Should the Society later on be invited to recommend any institution for the presentation of such volumes, the claims advanced in Foster's letter shall be carefully considered.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8220Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist1836 - 1907
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