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Description: | [Ms. letter] 1871 Jul 9, Royal Commission on Scientific Instruction and the Advancement of Science, 6 Old Palace Yard, London to an unnamed correspondent / J.N. Lockyer. [1p. He writes to arrange a meeting, and to inform his correspondent that he has 'seen the Astr. Royal [G.B. Airy] about another Eclipse Expedtn. & I hope to have authority ... to order Instruments for 3 Stations'. [Lockyer did lead an expedition to Kerala in southern India for the solar eclipse in December of this year] | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | letter | Temporal: | 1871 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920 | Identifier: | 2000-1554 | Go to resource |
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