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Reference numberNLB/60/8
Alternative reference numberNLB/60 p6
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [Joseph Ernest] Petavel, FRS
Date2 December 1920
DescriptionInforms Sir [Joseph Ernest] Petavel that the Society of Chemical Industry has nominated Sir William Pope and the Institution of Electrical Engineers has nominated Mr. L. B. Atkinson to serve on the General Board of the [National Physical] Laboratory. Asks which of these Sir Petavel would prefer to appoint to the Executive Committee.
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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