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Reference numberNLB/19/821
Alternative reference numberNLB/19 p471
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Arthur William Rucker, Secretary, Royal Society, Basset Down House, Swindon
Date3 January 1900
DescriptionDid not have the opportunity on the previous day to show Rucker a paper received from Professor K Pearson on 'Mathematical Contributions to the Theory of Evolution. On the Law of Reversion'. Encloses the author's letter concerning the paper [not attached]. They estimate it would occupy at least 20 pages of the 'Proceedings [of the Royal Society]'. Will not ask for an abstract until he hears further from Rucker.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Physical descriptionTypescript
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6673Rücker; Sir; Arthur William (1848 - 1915); physicist1848 - 1915
NA8002Pearson; Karl (1857 - 1936); statistician and eugenicist1857 - 1936
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