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O./11a.2/48
Title
Letter from David Smyth Torrens to Edgar Douglas Adrian
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- 13 Aug. 1953 (Creation)
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4 sheets; 1 card.
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Sent by Adrian to the Library, Sept. 1953.
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Regarding the instalment of the new clock in Bentley's time as Master, and John Harrison's association with Trinity. With card from Adrian to H. M. Adams, the Librarian, passing on the letter and mentioning an attempt to find references to Harrison in the collections.
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O.11.a.2/48
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- Torrens, David Smyth (1897-1967), physiologist and horologist (Subject)
- Adrian, Edgar Douglas (1889-1977), 1st Baron Adrian, physiologist (Subject)
- Bentley, Richard (1662-1742), philologist and classical scholar (Subject)
- Harrison, John (c 1693-1776), horologist (Subject)
- Adams, Herbert Mayow (1893-1985), librarian (Subject)