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Reference numberMC/16/321
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [John Ambrose] Fleming, University College, London, Gower Street, to Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt], Secretary of the Royal Society
CreatorFleming; Sir; John Ambrose (1849-1945)
Date12 June 1896
DescriptionFleming requests £50 towards investigations being carried out by himself and Professor [James] Dewar into 'the electric and magnetic qualities of metals at low temperatures'. Remarks on a previous donation made in July 1893 used to purchase materials and apparatus for investigations, and includes a list of papers which describe those investigations.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA7145Fleming; Sir; John Ambrose (1849 - 1945); electrical engineer and university teacher1849 - 1945
NA5870Dewar; Sir; James (1842 - 1923); chemist and physicist1842 - 1923
NA6090Strutt; John William (1842 - 1919); 3rd Baron Rayleigh; experimental and mathematical physicist1842 - 1919
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