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Reference numberNLB/4/387
Alternative reference numberNLB/4 p161
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Herbert Rix, to Arthur Pillans Laurie, Kings College Cambridge
Date6 May 1890
DescriptionRix is directed by Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt] to acknowledge receipt of Rix's letter of 2 May offering to exhibit some preparations of 15th century pigments at the second Conversazione. The Committee has not yet met to consider the programme of the Conversazione, but if Professor Russell exhibits the Egyptian colours they will no doubt be pleased to have Laurie's pigments to show alongside. The Conversazione is fixed for 18 June.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
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