| RefNo | MS/603/8/86 |
| Previous numbers | 1425 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from H [Henry] Middleton, British Museum, to [Joseph] Larmor, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, Cambridge |
| Creator | Middleton; Henry (1851-1932); American inventor |
| Recipient | Larmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist |
| Date | 19 January 1907 |
| Description | He will write to Larmor in a few days, when he has the chance to discuss with [Robert Mullineux] Walmsley the best way to exhibit his models to the Admiralty expert. He thanks Larmor for the help he has given. Middleton hopes that his letter of 17th is satisfactory. He suggests sending more detailed calculations and weight estimates for the flying machine, but thinks he should put this off until he completes his Admiralty paper. He discusses the practicabilty of his submarine. In a postscript Middleton asks Larmor to explain to Sir G.H.D. [George Howard Darwin] why he never came to Cambridge to exhibit his flying machines; he took the apparatus to the Royal Institution, where Sir James Dewar stopped his experiments at short notice. In a second postscript he has asked Walmsley to write to Larmor to say that he had seen the models working in water successfully; Hicks, Garnett and Walmsley have all seen this, including the working of the submarine with a broken fin. |
| Extent | 4p. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |