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Reference numberNLB/57/597
Alternative reference numberNLB/57p341
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Sir Arthur] Schuster, FRS
Date13 December 1919
DescriptionAdvises that at the meeting of the Council of the Royal Society on the 11 December, the President [Sir Joseph John Thomson, PRS] and the Council of the Royal Society appointed Professor [Sir Arthur] Schuster, FRS, to serve on the General Board of the National Physical Laboratory , and also appointed as a member of the Executive Committee of the Laboratory, both for a term ending in December 1925, and the President and the Council have requested that he consent to serve as Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6483Schuster; Sir; Arthur (1851 - 1934); physicist1851 - 1934
NA8288Thomson; Sir; Joseph John (1856 - 1940); physicist1856 - 1940
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