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British electrical industry lag: 1882-1888: conference paper

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Description
Copy of a 26-page typescript for a conference paper written and delivered by Thomas Parke Hughes at the New York Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1960, accompanied by an abstract, conference agenda, and letter from Hughes to Bern Dibner dated 1960, December 6, noting that Dibner was to be the session's commentator.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1960.
Call number
mssHM 83031-83032
Creator
Hughes, Thomas Parke(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006.
Dimensions
28 cm and +
Associated people
Dibner, Bern,
Associated organization
Burndy Library,
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