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Reference numberNLB/57/705
Alternative reference numberNLB/57p402
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Sir James Hopwood Jeans, FRS, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor J. E. [Sir Joseph Ernest] Petavel, FRS
Date23 January 1920
DescriptionThanks him for his letter [regarding appointments to the Executive Committee], and advises the Council of the Royal Society considered the matter and appointed Sir William Smith to the Executive Committee and Bragg to replace Schuster. Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice was put on the General Board.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8267Petavel; Sir; Joseph Ernest (1873 - 1936); engineer and physicist1873 - 1936
NA1226Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician1877 - 1946
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