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RSA/AD/MA/102/10/4
Title
Collected correspondence of Lyon (later Lord) Playfair
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- 1851-1862 (Creation)
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1 bundle
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Letters to Playfair on the Paris Exhibition of 1855, 'boulets asphyxiants', the School of Mines, diet, appointment of teachers, secular education, the Geological Survey, the Royal Dublin Society etc. Includes correspondence from Henry Cole and with Prince Albert. An account of the letters was given in a lecture by Dr Norrish on 9 May 1951 and printed in the Journal, volume 99 pp537-549
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B/13/1
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Jnl, vol 99 pp 537-549 Box 9
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Presented to the Society in 1951 by Dr R G W Norrish
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Creator DenvirC 26/02/2002