| Reference number | NLB/7/731 |
| Alternative reference number | NLB/7 p338 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Lord Rayleigh, [John William Strutt] |
| Date | 14 April 1893 |
| Description | Mr [James] Wimshurst's exhibit was to be accepted on condition that it was novel and Wimshurst's answer is enclosed [not attached]. Mr Boys offers an instrument for drawings curves, illustrative of a paper by the President [William Thomson]. Major Holden would be willing to show an electrical exhibit. Major [Percy Alexander] MacMahon offers a mathematical exhibit, tessellated pavement squares'. H A Miers offers a new goniometer made by means of Government Grant. Rix asks which of these he is to accept and encloses a programme of a French Soirée [not attached] and wonders if there is anything therein the Society ought to try for. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Carbon |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6982 | MacMahon; Percy Alexander (1854 - 1929); mathematician | 1854 - 1929 |
| NA6601 | Miers; Sir; Henry Alexander (1858 - 1942); mineralogist and university administrator | 1858 - 1942 |
| NA5911 | Wimshurst; James (1832 - 1903) | 1832 - 1903 |