Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor William Chandler Roberts-Austen 'Dear Prof Roberts-Austen, Mr Preece writes that Mr Crookes has given up the idea of Palladium. I am very sorry that you should have been put to trouble for no good end. The medal will be stuck in gold as usual. Yours faithfully, Herbert Rix Asst. Sec. RS [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]'. 10 November 1888