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RefNoNLB/71/940
AltRefNoNLB/71 p486
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Robert Theodore] Gunter, Oxford
Date13 December 1928
DescriptionInforms Dr. [Robert Theodore] Gunter that the Hooke drawings will be brought before the Council at their next meeting in late January [1929], but if Gunter desires the photographs before then, permission can be expected. This stands also for the request to reproduce pieces of the apparatus belonging to Hooke's long telescope mounting. States Gunter's suggestion concerning the Foucault Exhibit for the Spring conversazione [May Soiree] will be brought before the Committee in due course.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
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