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Reference numberNLB/34/522
Alternative reference numberNLB/34 p298
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Pearson & Hughes, 3 Bolt Court, Fleet Street, E.C.
Date2 February 1907
DescriptionAsks them to examine a book of curve diagrams illustrating a paper by Professor Maclaurin for 'Proceedings [of the Royal Society]'. The Royal Society have been instructed to reproduce these curves direct, by photography, reducing them to about two and a half inches wide, so as to arrange in pairs across the page. Asks Hughes to take a look at them and report whether he considers this feasible, and whether the blocks produced will give legible prints.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Physical descriptionTypescript
Access statusOpen
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