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RefNoNLB/65/131
AltRefNoNLB/65 p75
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Frank [Watson] Dyson, FRS
Date7 August 1923
DescriptionReplies to Sir Frank [Watson] Dyson's letter about transferring the Paamatta Observations manuscripts to the Leyden Observatory, worrying that the Council will not approve it, and thinking of (few) grounds upon which the case could be made. Mentions Baron de Vos van Steenwijk's examination and discussion of them.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8209Dyson; Sir; Frank Watson (1868 - 1939); astronomer1868 - 1939
NA1226Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician1877 - 1946
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