| Reference number | NLB/57/701 |
| Alternative reference number | NLB/57p399 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from Sir William Bate Hardy, FRS, Secretary of the Royal Society [?]; to Admiral Sir Henry B [Braderwine] Jackson, FRS, GCB |
| Date | 20 January 1920 |
| Description | Regarding the visit of the Prince [of Wales, Edward VIII] on Thursday at 3.30pm, advises Professor [Sir William Henry] Bragg, FRS will give a short address on 'Sound and sub-marine signalling.' Says that when King Edward the VII was admitted when he was Prince of Wales, Sir William Crookes [PRS] gave the address which was followed by brief remarks of two or three minutes per speaker, from Lord Kelvin, [William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs ], FRS, and Lord Raleigh, [Robert John Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh] FRS. Asks if Admiral Sir Henry B [Braderwine] Jackson, GCB could make a few remarks following Professor Bragg and the the President [Sir Joseph John Thomson, PRS]. [The signature is very faded but appears to be of Sir William Bate Hardy]. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Carbon |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8188 | Crookes; Sir; William (1832 - 1919); chemist and science journalist | 1832 - 1919 |
| NA8140 | Bragg; Sir; William Henry (1862 - 1942); physicist | 1862 - 1942 |
| NA5894 | Edward VII (1841 - 1910); King of Great Britain and Ireland | 1841 - 1910 |
| NA8289 | Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; mathematician and physicist | 1824 - 1907 |
| NA7877 | Strutt; Robert John (1875 - 1947); 4th Baron Rayleigh; experimental physicist | 1875 - 1947 |
| NA1349 | Jackson; Sir; Henry Bradwardine (1855 - 1929); naval officer and developer of wireless telegraphy | 1855 - 1929 |
| NA8288 | Thomson; Sir; Joseph John (1856 - 1940); physicist | 1856 - 1940 |
| NA5908 | Edward VIII (1894 - 1972); King of Great Britain Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the seas Emperor of India | 1894 - 1972 |
| NA8234 | Hardy; Sir; William Bate (1864 - 1934); biologist and food scientist | 1864 - 1934 |