Record

Reference numberNLB/66/520
Alternative reference numberNLB/66 p289
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS
Date22 May 1924
DescriptionGives a list of potential dates for the meeting of the National Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics and asks Lyons to confirm one with Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary. Also states that paying the expenses for all delegates to go to Madrid will be too great, (£25 each to cover 1st class sleeper carriage returns and hotels), unless they cannot have expenses paid by the departments and if the Royal Society feel they are suitable. Asks for a list of the delegates.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Related records in the catalogueNLB/66/598
NLB/66/769
NLB/66/883
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6939Lyons; Sir; Henry George (1864 - 1944); geologist and museum director1864 - 1944
NA1226Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician1877 - 1946
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