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Reference numberNLB/73/241
Alternative reference numberNLB/73 p120
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell, FRS
Date23 March 1931
DescriptionUpdates Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell of his idea to have the Zoological Society exhibit at the 20 May Soiree. Informs that the Soiree Committee would like some more information regarding how the exhibit of ultra-violet light on snakes is to be shown. Have the snakes been reared in ultra violet light?
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA1851Mitchell; Sir; Peter Chalmers (1864 - 1945); zoologist1864 - 1945
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