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RefNoMS/603/12/76
Previous numbers2194
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Horace Lamb, The University, Manchester, to [Joseph] Larmor
CreatorLamb; Sir Horace (1849-1934); British mathematician
RecipientLarmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist
Date21 July 1908
Description[Ernest] Rutherford has shown Lamb letters by Larmor and J.J.T. [Joseph John Thomson]. He knows little of [William Jackson] Pope. Lamb thinks him a somewhat grave man, absorbed in his subject. He has heard him talk on crystallography at the Literary and Philosophical Society and his style was severe. He and others have had a harrasing time under J.H. [John Henry] Reynolds, 'but I doubt whether he will ever captivate your gilded youth at first sight'. Lamb warns that his impressions are very superficial.
Extent4p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8246Lamb; Sir; Horace (1849 - 1934)1849 - 1934
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