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RefNoNLB/62/360
AltRefNoNLB/62 p201
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Herbert Hall] Turner, FRS
Date31 January 1922
DescriptionInforms Professor [Herbert Hall] Turner that he has enquired after the [Thomas] Tompion Clock, however, is sure that it is not nor has ever been in the Society's possession. Notes that the extract from 'Curiosities of clocks and watches' that Professor Turner enclosed in his last letter is full of inaccuracies and provides details of these.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1226Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician1877 - 1946
NA1105Turner; Herbert Hall (1861 - 1930); astronomer and seismologist1861 - 1930
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