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RefNoNLB/8/1080
AltRefNoNLB/8 p477
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Herbert Rix, to A M Schneller, Controleur au Chemin de Fer d'Anatolie, Constantinople
Date21 February 1894
Description'Dear Sir,
In answer to your letter addressed to the President, I am directed to say that no prize has been offered by this Society for the discovery of a "perpetuum mobile".
I am, your obedient servant,
H Rix
Asst. Sec. R.S. [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]'.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
PhysicalDescriptionTypescript
AccessStatusOpen
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