RefNo | ACS/1/2/6/12 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from [Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton], to Miss Alice [Susan Lucy] Swinton, Glenardoch, Donne, Scotland |
Creator | Swinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863-1930); British electrical engineer |
Date | 19 May 1920 |
Description | Provides updates on goings on at Combermere, describing the land, including an old mill which supplies electric light; discusses the Royal Society Soiree; informs he has been made a member of the Executive Committee, as representing the Royal Society, of the National Physcial Laboratory; informs he has been made a member of the Goldsmiths Company without paying the usual £100 fine; notifies of his upcoming trip to Paris for the purpose of attending a Delahaye meeting, where he is also due to meet Houstoun, who is living there for 6 months, having got a government job as chief valuer in connection with the Disposals Board. |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | This letter was presented to the Royal Society within the envelope in which it was received by Swinton. The envelope has been retained and referenced accordingly. |
Ink on paper |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8285 | Swinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863 - 1930); electrical engineer | 1863 - 1930 |