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Reference numberNLB/40/243
Alternative reference numberNLB/40/ p146
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Joseph Larmor to General N Artamanoff
Date5 May 1909
DescriptionLarmor writes that strict enquiry was made of Troughton & Sims and the British South Africa Company regarding the packing of the geodetic standard on its return to St Petersburg but they cannot find anything that was defective when it started its journey. Larmor encloses the final verification of the standard at the National Physical Laboratory along with a letter from Sir David Gill. [no enclosure].
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA7894Larmor; Sir; Joseph (1857 - 1942); physicist1857 - 1942
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