| RefNo | NLB/8/476 |
| AltRefNo | NLB/8 p199 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Professor Jacobus Hendrik van 't Hoff, Stadtouderskade 103, Amsterdam |
| Date | 3 November 1893 |
| Description | 'Sir,
I have the pleasure to inform you that the President and Council of the Royal Society have awarded to you and to Dr J.A. Le Bel [Joseph Achille Le Bel] the Davy Medal in recognition of the introduction of the theory of asymmetric carbon, and its use in explaining the constitution of optically active carbon compounds.
I am, your obedient servant,
(signed) Arch Geikie
For. Sec. R.S. [Foreign Secretary, Royal Society]'. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Carbon |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2285 | Hoff; Jacobus Hendrik Van't (1852 - 1911) | 1852 - 1911 |
| NA6174 | Geikie; Sir; Archibald (1835 - 1924); geologist and historian | 1835 - 1924 |