| RefNo | ACS/1/1/78 |
| AltRefNo | 69639 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Dugald Clerk, The Admiralty Engineering Laboratory, City and Guilds (Engineering) College, Exhibition Road, London, S.W., to [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton F. R. S., 66 Victoria Street, London, S.W.1 |
| Creator | Clerk; Sir; Dugald (1854 - 1932); mechanical engineer |
| Date | 7 May 1917 |
| Description | Informs he has read Swinton's 1911 presidential address to the Röntgen Society with great interest. Agrees with Swinton's observation that practical matters should be given greater importance. Takes an interest in Swinton's views on the second law of thermodynamics and wishes to meet to discuss them. States that the 'efficiency of a chemical battery however is not conditioned by the second law because in the form of chemical action energy must be considered to exist at practically infinite temperatures'. Comments that Swinton's proposed television apparatus is fascinating. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7825 | Clerk; Sir; Dugald (1854 - 1932); mechanical engineer | 1854 - 1932 |
| NA8285 | Swinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863 - 1930); electrical engineer | 1863 - 1930 |