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RefNoNLB/9/507
AltRefNoNLB/9 p251
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TitleCopy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Joseph Norman Lockyer, Fellow of the Royal Society
Date20 May 1894
Description'Dear Sir,
I am instructed to inform you that the President and Council have appointed you a Member of the Instruments Committee, to consider, in conjunction with Lord Rayleigh and Prof. [Professor] Silvanus Thompson, the best mode of disposing of the instruments at present stored in the Instrument Room.
I am, yours truly,
H Rix
Asst. Sec. R.S. [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]'.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
PhysicalDescriptionTypescript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6349Lockyer; Sir; Joseph Norman (1836 - 1920)1836 - 1920
NA7141Thompson; Silvanus Phillips (1851 - 1916); physicist and electrical engineer1851 - 1916
NA6090Strutt; John William (1842 - 1919); 3rd Baron Rayleigh1842 - 1919
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