Reference number | NLB/61/442 |
Alternative reference number | NLB/61 p257 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Frank [Watson] Dyson, FRS |
Date | 8 July 1921 |
Description | Informs Sir Frank [Watson] Dyson that he put the draft letter about the Cape Observatory before Council and they have refused to pass it in its current form. Explains that some members were fearful that it implied suspicion of the Union Government and do not want to offend them. Notes that they have agreed to approve it in a softened form. |
Extent | 1p |
Format | Carbon |
Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA1226 | Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician | 1877 - 1946 |
NA8209 | Dyson; Sir; Frank Watson (1868 - 1939); astronomer | 1868 - 1939 |