| Reference number | NLB/57/845 |
| Alternative reference number | NLB/57p488 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from Sir James Hopwood Jeans, FRS, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor JW [John William] Nicholson, FRS |
| Date | 21 February 1920 |
| Description | Advises that the resignation of [John Edensor] Littlewood, FRS, was accepted by the Council of the Royal Society and [Arthur Stanley] Eddington appointed in his place. Asks if he could look over a short paper by AF Dufton on 'A new apparatus for the drawing conic curves,' communicated by Professor [Sir Charles Vernon] Boys, FRS. Jeans is not certain that the method is actually new. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Carbon |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA1226 | Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician | 1877 - 1946 |
| NA2191 | Littlewood; John Edensor (1885 - 1977) | 1885 - 1977 |
| NA6296 | Nicholson; John William (1881 - 1955) | 1881 - 1955 |
| NA8138 | Boys; Sir; Charles Vernon (1855 - 1944); physicist and inventor | 1855 - 1944 |
| NA8211 | Eddington; Sir; Arthur Stanley (1882 - 1944); astrophysicist and theoretical physicist | 1882 - 1944 |