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RefNoNLB/5/734
AltRefNoNLB/5 p294
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Gabriel Stokes, Fellow of the Royal Society, Pengwern, Rhyddlan, North Wales
Date1 October 1891
Description'I have heard from Gen. [General] Strachey at last, & have sent Mr Michie Smith's letter to the Astron. [Astonomer] Royal HR
Dear Sir Gabriel.
Enclosed herewith I send a spare copy of the Council Minutes for April 26, 1888, which contains what you want. I have heard nothing about the telescope since then. I have written to Capt. Abney, who had the matter in hand, to ask how it now stands.
Yours truly
Herbert Rix
Asst. Sec. R.S. [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]'.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
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