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Reference numberNLB/9/134
Alternative reference numberNLB/9 p73
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Wyndham Rowland Dunstan, Fellow of the Royal Society
Date4 April 1894
Description'Dear Prof Dunstan,
We are very desirous to obtain for exhibition at the Soirée on May 2nd specimens of Prof. [Professor Henri] Moissan's Uranium obtained by means of electro-fusion, and the Committee request me to ask if you will be good enough to write to Prof Moissan so as to secure this or other exhibits from him.
I am yrs [yours] truly,
H Rix
Asst. Sec. RS. [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]'.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA1313Dunstan; Sir; Wyndham Rowland (1861 - 1949); chemist and director of the Imperial Institute1861 - 1949
NA1662Moissan; Henri (1852 - 1907)1852 - 1907
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