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Reference numberNLB/60/624
Alternative reference numberNLB/60 p349
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Frank [Watson] Dyson, FRS
Date3 March 1921
DescriptionInforms Sir Frank [Watson] Dyson that the Government Board Comittee B recently considered the application of the Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee and resolved that he be invited to the meeting of the General Committee on March 16th to discuss this. Notes that the applications this year total £9300, which is double the amount available in their fund. Notes, therefore, that the Board have provisionally recommended a grant to the Eclipse Committee of £950 only, which ought to finance the first Expedition.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA1226Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician1877 - 1946
NA8209Dyson; Sir; Frank Watson (1868 - 1939); astronomer1868 - 1939
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