From Hermann Von Helmholtz to Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 2 Sep. 1883
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8812/4
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He is invited to join a commission to consider building 'a kind of scientific physical observatory' at Berlin, proposed by him and Dr Werner Siemens; he is urged to become director; would be able to concentrate on purely scientific work
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- Creation: 2 Sep. 1883
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