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RefNoNLB/15/424
AltRefNoNLB/15 p241
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to the Secretary of Admiralty, Whitehall, S.W.
Date30 September 1897
DescriptionWith reference to Professor [Michael] Foster's letter of the 22 July and to the Secretary's reply of the 30 July, relating to the facilities kindly offered by the Lords of Admiralty for the conveyance of part of the Expedition for the observation of the approaching Solar Eclipse, the party under the direction of Sir J N Lockyer will sail by the SS 'Lusitania' due to arrive at Colombo next 4 January.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
PhysicalDescriptionTypescript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTypescript
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8220Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist1836 - 1907
NA6349Lockyer; Sir; Joseph Norman (1836 - 1920)1836 - 1920
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