| Description | 'Dear Sir,
Your communication of the 18th ult. [ultimate] has been laid before the Secretaries, and I am instructed by them to explain to you that no communication can be brought before the Royal Society which is not endorsed by the name of a Fellow of the Society as suitable for reading at one of their meetings.
I am, yours faithfully,
H Rix
Asst. Sec. R.S. [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]'. |