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RefNoNLB/32/871
AltRefNoNLB/32 p505
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir George Darwin, Fellow of the Royal Society, Cambridge
Date8 June 1906
DescriptionHarrison does not wish to send the £300 for the South African Arc until he can be given some assurance that the Council's condition for the funds, namely that the gap in the arc be filled, will be met. He enquires as to who can give such an assurance, asking whether Darwin can or whether Sir David Gill should be asked.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
PhysicalDescriptionTypescript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8198Darwin; Sir; George Howard (1845 - 1912); mathematician and geophysicist1845 - 1912
NA6654Gill; Sir; David (1843 - 1914); astronomer1843 - 1914
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