Record

RefNoNLB/16/201
AltRefNoNLB/16 p104
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Michael Foster, to John P Mellor, Assistant Solicitor to H.M. Treasury
Date21 February 1898
DescriptionIn reply to letter of 19 [February], which has come to Foster in the absence of Mr Galton, the President and Council of the Royal Society have nominated Professor A W Rucker and Professor J Perry as their representatives to confer with Mellor for the preparation of the insertion of a clause in the London United Tramways Bill (1898) for the protection of the Kew Observatory from the probable effects of the Electric Tramways.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
PhysicalDescriptionManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialNLB/16/135; NLB/16/149; NLB/16/190; NLB/16/195; NLB/16/202
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8220Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist1836 - 1907
NA6673Rucker; Sir; Arthur William (1848 - 1915)1848 - 1915
NA5509Perry; John (1850 - 1920); electrical engineer and mathematician1850 - 1920
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