File RAS COLL3/6/2/7 - Letter from Herbert Chatley

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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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Typed, 1 piece

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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 hisread more

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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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gb 891 ras coll3/6/2/7