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Reference code
GB 891 RAS COLL3-RAS COLL3/6-RAS COLL3/6/2-RAS COLL3/6/2/7
Title
Letter from Herbert Chatley
Date(s)
- 16 October 1939 (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
Typed, 1 piece
Context area
Name of creator
(1885-1955)
Biographical history
Herbert Chatley was a civil engineer. In 1907 he wrote the book, The Problems of Flight. After marrying in 1907 he went to China as Professor of Civil Engineering at Tangshan. In 1915 he moved to Shanghai and held engineering appointments there until his… read more
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letter from Herbert Chatley to Mrs Davies, The China Society, to send a translation of one of the oldest astronomical texts to be bound and put in the Royal Asiatic Society Library.
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Description identifier
gb 891 ras coll3/6/2/7