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Reference numberNLB/32/222
Alternative reference numberNLB/32 p117
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Major Edmond Herbert Hills, Secretary of the Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee
Date30 January 1906
DescriptionThe report of the Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee, 8 December, was laid before the Council of the Royal Society at their last meeting. Captain Arthur Mostyn Field has been appointed to the vacancy on the Committee following the death of Sir William Wharton. The Society also propose that the arrangements under which the committee administers and reports upon expeditions to observe eclipses be reviewed, and they invite suggestions from the Committee on this subject.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Physical descriptionTypescript
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6941Grove-Hills; Edmond Herbert (1864 - 1922)1864 - 1922
NA7126Field; Sir; Arthur Mostyn (1855 - 1950)1855 - 1950
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