Record

Reference numberNLB/7/447
Alternative reference numberNLB/7 p216
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Herbert Rix, to Captain William de Wiveleslie Abney, Fellow of the Royal Society
Date21 February 1893
DescriptionHands Abney some wooden frames which contained negatives of Professor Schuster's photographs of the 1886 eclipse. Rix found them amongst other photographic matters in a cupboard. Probably they ought to have been sent back to Abney long since.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6454Abney; Sir; William de Wiveleslie (1843 - 1920)1843 - 1920
NA6483Schuster; Sir; Arthur (1851 - 1934); physicist1851 - 1934
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