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Reference numberNLB/11/944
Alternative reference numberNLB/11 p467
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt], to Horace Alfred Damer Seymour, Royal Mint
Date7 November 1895
DescriptionRayleigh is directed to request that Seymour would, in continuance of his kind favours, give instructions for the striking of the Society's Copley and Davy Medals. They will be required for presentation on 30th November and the names are, for the Copley, Karl Weierstrass and for the Davy, William Ramsay. Cases will be required.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6090Strutt; John William (1842 - 1919); 3rd Baron Rayleigh; experimental and mathematical physicist1842 - 1919
NA6172Ramsay; Sir; William (1852 - 1916); physical chemist1852 - 1916
NA6624Weierstrass; Carl Wilhelm (1815 - 1897)1815 - 1897
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