Reference number | NLB/18/511 |
Alternative reference number | NLB/18 p284-287 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter from Michael Foster and Arthur William Rucker, to the President of the Society of Chemical Industry |
Date | 24 March 1899 |
Description | Relates to a Deputation of those interested in Science and Industry who waited upon the Marquis of Salisbury in 1897 in order to urge upon the Government the desirability of establishing a National physical Laboratory. A Committee, of which Lord Rayleigh was Chairman, was afterwards appointed by Her Majesty's Treasury to take eveidence and report upon the subject. A copy of their report is enclosed [not enclosed].
Also related to the giving of a sum of money towards the extension of the Kew Observatory.
Technical bodies mentioned include: - The Institution of Civil Engineers - The Institution of Electrical Engineers - The Iron and Steel Institute - The Institution of Naval Architects - The Society of Chemical Industry |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Carbon |
Physical description | Typescript |
Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA6673 | Rücker; Sir; Arthur William (1848 - 1915); physicist | 1848 - 1915 |
NA8220 | Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist | 1836 - 1907 |