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Reference numberNLB/19/1
Alternative reference numberNLB/19 p1
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Captain C H Davis, Superintendent, United States Naval Observatory, Georgetown Heights, Washington D.C.
Date1 June 1899
DescriptionAcknowledges receipt of Davis' circular of 17th May with reference to the admission, free of duty, of instruments of foreign astronomers who may visit the Untied States to observe the total solar eclipse of 28th May 1900, and to say that it will be duly laid before the Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee of the Royal Society and Royal Astronomical Society.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Physical descriptionTypescript
Access statusOpen
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