| Title | Letter from H C H Carpenter, Imperial College of Science and Technology (Royal School of Mines), South Kensington, London, to [Francis Alexander] Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House |
| Description | 'Dear Mr. Towle, Can you tell me whether there is any proscribed limit to the length of obituary notices pf Fellow of the Society? I am engaged at ptesent on the obituary of Sir George Beilby. His work covered many fields and it looks as though an adequate obituary would cover a good many pages in the Proceedings. I do not, however, wish to transgress any prescribed limits. Would you kindly let me know what regulations there are, if any, about the length of such obituaries. Yours sincerely, H.C.H.Carpenter'.
Notes in pencil written on the letter. |