| Reference number | NLB/31/918 |
| Alternative reference number | NLB/31 p508 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Herbert Hall Turner, Fellow of the Royal Society |
| Date | 8 December 1905 |
| Description | At a meeting of the Officers yesterday Harrison mentioned Tuner's wish to have the Society's Newton's first telescope at the Royal Institution to illustrate Turner's lecture, but they all hoped that Turner would not ask for it as they consider it a relic of a kind which should not leave the house. Encloses a letter about the Huggins portrait [not enclosed]. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Carbon |
| Physical description | Typescript and manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA1105 | Turner; Herbert Hall (1861 - 1930); astronomer and seismologist | 1861 - 1930 |