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Reference numberNLB/23/2/495
Alternative reference numberNLB/23/2 p453
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Professor Herbert Hall Turner, [Fellow of the Royal Society]
Date17 June 1904
DescriptionCouncil agreed to the proposal to nominate a Committee jointly with the Royal Astronomical Society to take part in an international scheme of solar observations. The members of the Committee are nominated by the Royal Society to be: Sir William Huggins, William Henry Mahoney Christie, Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer and Professor Arthur Schuster.

It was considered that Turner would naturally be nominated by the Royal Astronomical Society. The Committee should act as far as possible in concert with the Solar Physics Committee and the Meteorological Committee.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Physical descriptionManuscript
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA7894Larmor; Sir; Joseph (1857 - 1942); physicist1857 - 1942
NA1105Turner; Herbert Hall (1861 - 1930); astronomer and seismologist1861 - 1930
NA6998Christie; Sir; William Henry Mahoney (1845 - 1922)1845 - 1922
NA7376Huggins; Sir; William (1824 - 1910); astronomer1824 - 1910
NA6483Schuster; Sir; Arthur (1851 - 1934); physicist1851 - 1934
NA6349Lockyer; Sir; Joseph Norman (1836 - 1920)1836 - 1920
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