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RefNoNLB/42/62
AltRefNoNLB/42 p38
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw FRS
Date18 March 1910
DescriptionThe Council yesterday appointed a Gassiot Committee to act under the new regulations regarding the relations of Kew Observatory with the Meteorological Office.

Members of the Committee include: Dr [Charles] Chree, Sir George Darwin, Mr [William Henry] Dines, Dr [Richard Tetley] Glazebrook, Captain Lyons, Prof [John Henry] Poynting, Sir Arthur Rucker, Prof [Arthur] Schuster, Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw, Dr G W Walker and Mr C [Charles] T [Thompson] R [Rees] Wilson.

It is desired to arrange a meeting as soon as practical.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1735Chree; Charles (1860 - 1928); physicist1860 - 1928
NA8198Darwin; Sir; George Howard (1845 - 1912); mathematician and geophysicist1845 - 1912
NA6243Dines; William Henry (1855 - 1927); meteorologist1855 - 1927
NA6939Lyons; Sir; Henry George (1864 - 1944); geologist and museum director1864 - 1944
NA7852Poynting; John Henry (1852 - 1914)1852 - 1914
NA6673Rucker; Sir; Arthur William (1848 - 1915)1848 - 1915
NA6483Schuster; Sir; Arthur (1851 - 1934); physicist1851 - 1934
NA7142Shaw; Sir; William Napier (1854 - 1945)1854 - 1945
NA1196Walker; George Walker (1874 - 1921)1874 - 1921
NA7953Wilson; Charles Thomson Rees (1869 - 1959); physicist1869 - 1959
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