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Reference numberRR/12/253
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story Maskelyne, to Herbert Rix, regarding two papers 'An instrument for grinding section-plates and prisms of crystals of artificial preparations accurately in the desired directions' and 'An Instrument of precision for producing monochromatic light of any desired wave-length, and its use in the investigation of the optical properties of crystals' by Alfred Edwin Howard Tutton
Date31 January 1894
DescriptionWill enclose reports soon. The papers are well-written but incomplete.

Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Applied Sciences, Crystallography

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1894]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rsta.1894.0014 Vol.185 1894
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1894.0015 Vol.185 1894
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6363Story-Maskelyne; Mervyn Herbert Nevil (1823 - 1911)1823 - 1911
NA6146Tutton; Alfred Edwin Howard (1864 - 1938); crystallographer1864 - 1938
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