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Sporting & Historical Memorabilia (#420) Closed

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Lot 171913 (Dec.11) autographed letter to "Silas" Wright from J.J. Thomson on "Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge" letterhead, thanking Wright for a gift to the Laboratory of equipment that had been used during the scientific experiments in the Antarctic. In 1906 Thomson won the Nobel prize in physics for his research into the discharge of electricity in gases.

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Lot closed - Price Realized:$260
Estimate: $200 - $300

Sporting & Historical Memorabilia (#420) Closed

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  • 1913 (Dec.11) autographed letter to "Silas" Wright from J.J. Thomson on "Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge" letterhead, thanking Wright for a gift to the Laboratory of equipment that had been used during the scientific experiments in the Antarctic. In 1906