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Reference numberNLB/11/108
Alternative reference numberNLB/11 p50
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Henry Preece, Fellow of the Royal Society
Date22 April 1895
DescriptionAsks if Preece will arrange the electrical requirements for Professor [William Chandler] Roberts-Austen's [Soirée] exhibit on 1 May. Two other exhibits requiring an alternating current have been accepted by Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt]; apparatus describing alternating currents shown by Professor W M Hicks, and by Professor Fleming. The former would like 10 amperes but is prepared to do with less. Professor Fleming wants one ampere only. Both shall have to be given continuous current from the Society's own mains as well.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8011Preece; Sir; William Henry (1834 - 1913); electrical engineer and administrator1834 - 1913
NA6451Roberts-Austen; Sir; William Chandler (1843 - 1902); metallurgist1843 - 1902
NA6683Hicks; William Mitchinson (1850 - 1934)1850 - 1934
NA6090Strutt; John William (1842 - 1919); 3rd Baron Rayleigh; experimental and mathematical physicist1842 - 1919
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