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RefNoMS/377/1/81
LevelItem
TitleLetter from James Clerk Maxwell, 11 Scroope Terrace, Cambridge, to [William Fletcher] Barrett
Date16 June 1875
DescriptionHe will be happy to show Barrett the Cavendish Laboratory. Gives an account of his plans for experiments in 'magnetization' and discusses Gordon's work. He has begun to test Ohm's Law and includes a sketch of a quintuple resistance coil to be used in the task.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8259Maxwell; James Clerk (1831 - 1879); physicist1831 - 1879
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