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RefNoNLB/16/100
AltRefNoNLB/16 p53
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Mrs T Merrill Austin, 353 Jefferson Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A.
Date31 January 1898
DescriptionIs unable to answer Austin's question as to how many Americans have belonged to the Royal Society as Fellows or Foreign Members since its foundation as it would take too long to research. In answer to her other questions: 1) Mr Thomas Edison is not a Foreign Member of the Society and 2) the following men are present on the list [of the Royal Society member's]: Professor A Agassiz, Professor J Willard Gibbs, Dr S P Langley, Professor S Newcomb, Professor H A Rowland.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
PhysicalDescriptionTypescript
AccessStatusOpen
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