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RefNoMS/603/10/158
Previous numbers1929
LevelItem
TitleLetter from J J [Joseph John] Thomson, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, to [Joseph] Larmor
CreatorThomson; Sir Joseph John (1856-1940); British physicist
RecipientLarmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist
Date9 March 1904
DescriptionHe describes a large drawer of papers belonging to [James Clerk] Maxwell, mostly lecture notes, but with a number of notebooks and letters. Thomson has never examined them systematically, but he does not think they would furnish much material for a book. If anyone wanted to look at them, Thomson would oblige.
Extent2p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8288Thomson; Sir; Joseph John (1856 - 1940); physicist1856 - 1940
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