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RefNoNLB/3/907
AltRefNoNLB/3 p421
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TitleCopy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor John William Mallet, Fellow of the Royal Society, University of Virginia
Date8 November 1889
Description'Dear Sir,
You instructed us to send separate copies of your paper in the "Phil. Trans" ['Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'] by the Smithsonian Institution. Messrs Wesley & Son, the agents of the Smithsonian in London, decline to receive and forward them without permission from the Secretary, Prof. S.P. Langley [Professor Samuel Pierpont]. Please instruct us.
Yours faithfully,
H Rix
Asst. Sec. R.S. [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]'.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6467Mallet; John William (1832 - 1912); chemist and civil engineer1832 - 1912
NA5223Langley; Samuel Pierpont (1834 - 1906)1834 - 1906
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