Record

RefNoNLB/31/913
AltRefNoNLB/31 p505
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from the Earl of Rosse [Laurance Parsons] and Herbert Hall Turner, to Dr James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, Fellow of the Royal Society
Date6 December 1905
DescriptionAsks Glaisher to remit his promised subscription to the Huggins Portrait Fund as it is desired to close the account at an early date. Details who a cheque should be made out to.

Annotated that similar letters were sent to: Sir William Abney, Sir Michael Foster, Dr R T Glazebrook, Dr Glaisher, Lord Rayleigh, Francis Darwin, Sir Oliver Lodge, Professor A E H Love, and Professor J J Thomson.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
PhysicalDescriptionTypescript and manuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1105Turner; Herbert Hall (1861 - 1930); astronomer and seismologist1861 - 1930
NA6446Glaisher; James Whitbread Lee (1848 - 1928)1848 - 1928
NA296Parsons; Laurence (1840 - 1908); 4th Earl of Rosse1840 - 1908
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