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Reference numberNLB/64/194
Alternative reference numberNLB/64 p120
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS
Date22 February 1923
DescriptionInforms Colonel [Henry George] Lyons that Hinks has forwarded twenty copies of [Gerald Ponsonby] Lenox-Conyngham's paper, 'The proposed determination of primary longitudes by the international cooperation', for distribution among the National Committee. Asks Colonel Lyons if he would like these sent out from the Society and, if so, to whom.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA1226Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician1877 - 1946
NA6939Lyons; Sir; Henry George (1864 - 1944); geologist and museum director1864 - 1944
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