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Reference numberNLB/14/59
Alternative reference numberNLB/14 p34
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to the Secretaries of the Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee, Royal Astronomical Society, Burlington House, W.
Date18 December 1896
Description'Gentlemen,
I am directed to inform you that the Council of this Society have appointed the following Fellows to serve on the Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee for the ensuing year: -
Capt. [Captain William de Wiveleslie] Abney, Mr Christie, Dr [Andrew Ainslie] Common, Dr [William] Huggins, Mr [Joseph Norman] Lockyer, Major MacMahon, Prof. [Professor Arthur] Schuster, Mr [Edward James] Stone, Dr George Johnstone Stoney, General [James Francis] Tennant, and Admiral [William James Lloyd] Wharton.
I am, very faithfully yours,
Robt Harrison
Asst. Sec. R.S. [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]'.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Physical descriptionTypescript
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6454Abney; Sir; William de Wiveleslie (1843 - 1920)1843 - 1920
NA6998Christie; Sir; William Henry Mahoney (1845 - 1922)1845 - 1922
NA6681Common; Andrew Ainslie (1841 - 1903)1841 - 1903
NA7376Huggins; Sir; William (1824 - 1910); astronomer1824 - 1910
NA6349Lockyer; Sir; Joseph Norman (1836 - 1920)1836 - 1920
NA6982MacMahon; Percy Alexander (1854 - 1929); mathematician1854 - 1929
NA6483Schuster; Sir; Arthur (1851 - 1934); physicist1851 - 1934
NA1541Stone; Edward James (1831 - 1897)1831 - 1897
NA8284Stoney; George Johnstone (1826 - 1911)1826 - 1911
NA6352Tennant; James Francis (1829 - 1915); army officer and astronomer1829 - 1915
NA8025Wharton; Sir; William James Lloyd (1843 - 1905)1843 - 1905
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