Record

Reference numberNLB/7/378
Alternative reference numberNLB/7 p181
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Herbert Rix, to Lord Kelvin [William Thomson], Fellow of the Royal Society
Date1 February 1893
DescriptionRix is concerned to hear of Thomson's illness. When Thomson is well enough to attend to small business matters again he asks Thomson to send him Mr [Ludwig] Mond's letter in which he offered £2000 for the 'Catalogue [of Scientific Papers]'. Thomson promised to send it when he returned to Glasgow but it has not come.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8289Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; mathematician and physicist1824 - 1907
NA7140Mond; Ludwig (1839 - 1909)1839 - 1909
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