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RefNoNLB/11/132
AltRefNoNLB/11 p64
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Michael Foster, to; Professor James Dewar, Professor William Cawthorne Unwin, Professor Charles Vernon Boys, Reverend Frederick John Smith and Harold Baily Dixon, Fellows of the Royal Society
Date26 April 1895
DescriptionThe Secretary of State requests that some Fellows of the Royal Society may be nominated to advise him in connection with Dr Dupré, who acts professionally, about the explosion of an oxygen cylinder.

The President [Lord Kelvin, William Thomson] and Council have suggested Professor Boys, Professor H B Dixon, the Reverend F J Smith and Dewar himself. Asks if Dewar is willing to act.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8220Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist1836 - 1907
NA5870Dewar; Sir; James (1842 - 1923)1842 - 1923
NA8138Boys; Sir; Charles Vernon (1855 - 1944)1855 - 1944
NA8203Dixon; Harold Baily (1852 - 1930)1852 - 1930
NA2211Smith; Frederick John (1848 - 1911)1848 - 1911
NA6842Unwin; William Cawthorne (1838 - 1933)1838 - 1933
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