Letter: Perret to Day 7th May 1936

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Title

Letter: Perret to Day 7th May 1936

Subject

Activities and spending on Montserrat, and Royal Society expedition

Description

Royal Society expedition to Montserrat, MacGregor.
Dr Shepherd analyses and Dr Trechman analyses.
Impact on iron elements of apparatus.
Expenses, idea for equipment details of equipment.
Jaggar and Flett thinking a nuee ardente did not destroy St Pierre on Martinique.
Description of PDCs from other locations.
MacGregor on Montrserrat, " a nice quiet fellow".
Dr Powell request to install seismic apparatus. Rivere Blanche valley visit on Mt Pelee.
Perret laments the repetition of history RE trying to help people with little official support then getting scooped by the establishment later

Creator

Carnegie Institution for Science

Publisher

Carnegie Institution for Science

Date

7th May 1936

Contributor

Frank Perret

Rights

Frank Perret correspondence provided by the Carnegie Institution for Science Archives.
Materials were digitised and made available by the Curating Crises project with permission from the Carnegie Institution for Science.

The Carnegie Institution for Science holds copyright, ownership and title for all materials.

Format

TIFF

Language

English

Type

Letter

Identifier

Curating_Crises_#145
Digitised from the Carnegie Institution for Science Archives, entry "Perret, F. A., 1936-1939"

Coverage

Seismo-volcanic crisis - Montserrat, 1936

Letter Item Type Metadata

Date Sent

7th May 1936

To

Arthur Day

From

Frank Perret

Subject Line

Activities and spending on Montserrat, and Royal Society expedition

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Citation

Carnegie Institution for Science, “Letter: Perret to Day 7th May 1936,” Curating Crises, accessed May 12, 2026, https://curatingcrises.omeka.net/items/show/145.

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