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RefNoNLB/17/686
AltRefNoNLB/17 p438
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Monsieur Professeur Ernest Lebon, Chez M Gauthier-Villars, Quai des Grands-Augustins, paris
Date7 December 1898
DescriptionIn reply to Lebon's letter of the 3 December, addressed to the President, Sir G B Airy was elected a Fellow on 21 January 1836 and formally admitted on 18 February 1836.

The notice of Adams in the 'Observatory' for 1893 was written by Mr J W L Glaisher FRS, son of James Glaisher FRS, who was in charge of Meteorological Observations at Greenwich Observatory for some years.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
PhysicalDescriptionManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8035Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician1801 - 1892
NA6446Glaisher; James Whitbread Lee (1848 - 1928)1848 - 1928
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