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RefNoNLB/58/818
AltRefNoNLB/58 p440
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [George Ellery] Hale, FRS
Date22 June 1920
DescriptionExpresses interest in the conditions Professor [George Ellery] Hale describes in America and notes the Society are also struggling to raise funds for scientific research. Informs Professor Hale that the Society are hosting a conference on the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature in September and hopes that Professor Hale will send American delegates along. Notes that, considering the financial difficulties in which most Societies currently find themselves, he thinks the Catalogue should be temporarily discontinued.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7364Hale; George Ellery (1868 - 1938)1868 - 1938
NA1226Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician1877 - 1946
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