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RefNoNLB/5/1193
AltRefNoNLB/5 p475
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir George Gabriel Stokes, Fellow of the Royal Society
Date25 January 1892
Description'Dear Sir Gabriel,
Capt Abney [Captain William de Wiveleslie Abney] whose paper is in your hands, writes that he desires to borrow some diagrams that he may photograph them for lantern use when his paper comes on. Could you, as soon as convenient, return the diagrams to me, and they shall be sent back to you as soon as the photographing is finished.
Yours truly
Herbert Rix
Asst Sec [Assistant Secretary]'.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903)1819 - 1903
NA6454Abney; Sir; William de Wiveleslie (1843 - 1920)1843 - 1920
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