| Reference number | NLB/57/192 |
| Alternative reference number | NLB/57p105 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to LT Lilley Esq.; 7 Canterbury Road, Brixton, SW 9 |
| Date | 11 August 1919 |
| Description | Responding to an enquiry from 20 May regarding the erection of a lightning rod at Portsmouth by John Robertson in 1756. Advises he is unable to find evidence to support the suggestion, and that Robertson would have mentioned the rod in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society' if true. Neither General Hawley or General Murray appear to have been scientific men. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Carbon |
| Access status | Open |