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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)OLLAdd/199
TitleLetter from Oliver Lodge to Sir William Huggins [(1824-1910), pioneer of astrophysics]
Extent1 item
Date1906
DescriptionLetter written from Mariemont, Edgbaston [Birmingham] in which Lodge writes about a gift from Sir Joseph Swan of 'a splendid portrait of yourself produced by his process; but he now informs me that it has been sent at your order'. He thanks Sir William and Lady Huggins for the gift which he proposes to hang in his study. The letter is dated 17 November 1906
Access StatusOpen
Administrative HistorySir Joseph Swan (1828-1917) was the inventor of the Swan incandescent filament lamp and of the carbon process for making permanent prints and it is this process to which the letter makes reference. Sir William Huggins (1824-1910) was a pioneer of astrophysics
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