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Letter from Thomas Carnelley, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'A new method of determining the number of micro-organisms in air' by Thomas Carnelley and Thomas Wilson

Reference number: RR/10/133

Date: 22 March 1888

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Is willing to undertake the suggested experiments.

Subject: Applied Sciences, Zoology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1888]

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RR/10/133
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22 March 1888
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John William Strutt

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John William Strutt, Letter from Thomas Carnelley, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'A new method of determining the number of micro-organisms in air' by Thomas Carnelley and Thomas Wilson, 22 March 1888, RR/10/133, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_133/letter-from-thomas-carnelley-to-john-william-strutt-3rd-baron-rayleigh-regarding-a-paper-a-new-method-of-determining-the-number-of-micro-organisms-in-air-by-thomas-carnelley-and-thomas-wilson, accessed on 12 July 2025

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