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RefNoMS/603/4/108
Previous numbers696
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Oliver Heaviside, Paignton, Devon, to [Joseph] Larmor
CreatorHeaviside; Oliver (1850-1925); British physicist and electrical engineer
RecipientLarmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist
Date19 December 1893
DescriptionReferrring to Larmor's papers on gyrostatic influence and rotation, asking if he has observed that the assumption H=velocity lends to [Henry Augustus] Rowland's way of accounting for magnetic rotation 'of p of p2'. Heaviside generalises Larmor's equation and discusses this, concluding with Rowland's way of representing magnetic rotation.
Extent2p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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