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Reference numberNLB/6/427
Alternative reference numberNLB/6 p175-176
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Michael Foster, to the Secretary, Royal Astronomical Society
Date11 May 1892
DescriptionReplying to the Secretary's letter of 8 April, the President and Council cordially approve of the suggestion to form a joint Committee with the Eclipse Committee of the Royal Astronomical Society and have nominated for that purpose the following gentlemen; Lord Kelvin [William Thomson], John Evans, Michael Foster, Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt], Sir Archibald Geikie, the Astronomer Royal Captain Abney, Mr Common, Mr Hind, Dr Huggins, Professor Lockyer, Professor Schuster, Sir Gabriel Stokes, Mr Stone, General Tennant and Captain Wharton.
Extent2p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8220Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist1836 - 1907
NA8289Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; mathematician and physicist1824 - 1907
NA6090Strutt; John William (1842 - 1919); 3rd Baron Rayleigh; experimental and mathematical physicist1842 - 1919
NA6174Geikie; Sir; Archibald (1835 - 1924); geologist and historian1835 - 1924
NA6454Abney; Sir; William de Wiveleslie (1843 - 1920)1843 - 1920
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); physicist1819 - 1903
NA1686Evans; Sir; John (1823 - 1908)1823 - 1908
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