| Description | Thompson believes that nothing could be more appropriate than an edition of Lord Kelvin's letters and unpublished papers. He has been anxious to see all of Kelvin's letters, but he has deliberately omitted any which might be termed scientific ones. He decided to omit from his book any mathematical symbols. He would be happy to let Larmor see anything he has, but the only complete sets are those to [Hermann von] Helmholtz. Sir G. [George] Darwin let Thompson see his, and he kept notes and copies, but the letters were returned. At present, all letters to Lord Rayleigh are with Thompson, and he is taking notes and copies. Bottomley's cousin has let him see a few of Kelvin's letters to his father, about the cable ship 'Hooper'. He will write to Larmor, but meanwhile, he is getting on with his own work, and he has question to ask Bottomley when he comes to Glasgow. He neglected to say he has scientific letters of Kelvin's to Dr. [John] Hopkinson, on the subject of lighthouses. He hopes that Lady Kelvin is recovering and sends his regards. |