Description | 'Gentlemen, In reply to your letter of the 5th April, I have had the pleasure in obtaining permission for you to reproduce the Plate you mention in the essay on Astronomy in your "Social England". I presume of course you have already obtained the consent of the author of the Paper, which is a condition precedent to the Royal Society's sanction. I am, Gentlemen, faithfully yours, Robt [Robert] Harrison Asst. Sec. R.S. [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]'. |