Identity area
Reference code
GB 249 T-GED/9/998
Title
Letter from Arthur E. Pratt (former resident of University Hall), Orpington, Kent, to Patrick Geddes
Date(s)
- 9 April 1911 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 letter
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Reference to Pratt's work in 'giving to the world ships without boilers, funnels, smoke or vibration which will travel twice the distance for a quarter of the cost of the best modern vessels'. Pratt describes it as 'bringing about the Neotechnic Age'. Asks Patrick Geddes to act as a character referee for him.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English