| RefNo | MS/603/7/78 |
| Previous numbers | 1108 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Horace Lamb, Didsbury, to [Joseph] Larmor |
| Creator | Lamb; Sir Horace (1849-1934); British mathematician |
| Recipient | Larmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist |
| Date | 19 April 1896 |
| Description | Lamb asks Larmor to think about possible Royal Society candidates, listing: Mathews, Pearson, Tanner, Edgeworth, and Preston. The mathematicians are not a strong body, but might be corrected on [George Ballard] Mathews and [Francis Ysidro?] Edgeworth stands on 'different ground'. He notes [Karl] Pearson's 'History' [of Statistics] 'much of it is drivel', but [Augustus Edward Hough] Love has some respect for his work on elasticity, which Lamb has not read. Lamb is anxious not to do him an injustice. He cannot say anything about Preston's originality. He has not seen Larmor since the Royal Society dinner and hopes he is prospering. |
| Extent | 3p. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8246 | Lamb; Sir; Horace (1849 - 1934) | 1849 - 1934 |