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RefNoNLB/23/1/385
AltRefNoNLB/23/1 p222
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [Messrs Harrison & Sons]
Date[5 November 1901]
DescriptionSends a memorandum concerning certain misprints in Lockyer's 'Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society]'. A paper, recently issued [not enclosed]. Notes they are not the Messrs fault any more than the Society's. Asks the Messrs to instruct the printers in astronomical papers not to turn ' and '' into feet and inches but to print as they are. Sends the authors list of corrections for the Messrs to set up an errata slip [not enclosed].
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
PhysicalDescriptionManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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