| Reference number | NLB/51/802 |
| Alternative reference number | NLB/51 p498 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Sir Ernest Rutherford FRS |
| Date | 3 July 1915 |
| Description | 'The President and Council at their meeting last week passed the following resolution with regard to the Radium Research Fund:-
Resolves:- That a the request of Sir Ernest Rutherford £100 of the unexpanded balance of £504.1.5, which was by resolution of Council on March 19, 1914, to be spent in the purchase of mesothorium and placed in Sir Ernest Rutherford's hands, be handed to Prof E Marsden of Victoria College, Wellington, for the purchase of radium, on the understanding that the radium so purchased remains the property of the Royal Society.
I am accordingly forwarding a draft for £100 made payable to bearer so that you can place it to your own account and get your bankers to send a proper draft to Prof E Marsden in New Zealand.' |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Carbon |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8278 | Rutherford; Ernest (1871 - 1937); Baron Rutherford of Nelson | 1871 - 1937 |