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Reference numberNLB/7/581
Alternative reference numberNLB/7 p279
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Herbert Rix, to Francis Gaskell, Secretary to the Royal Commission on Metropolitan Water Supply, Trafalgar Buildings (North Wing), S.W.
Date18 March 1893
DescriptionRix is instructed by the President and Council to forward the accompanying four proof copies of the second report of Messrs Frankland and Ward to the Royal Society Water Research Committee 'On the vitality of pathogenic organisms in water', dealing with 'The vitality and virulence of Bacillus anthracis and its spores in potable waters'. Requests that Gaskell lay these before the Royal Commission on Metropolitan Water Supply.
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FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
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