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RefNoMS/603/4/124
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TitleLetter from M J M [Micaiah John Muller] Hill, Lake View, Northwood, Middlesex, to [Joseph] Larmor
CreatorHill; Micaiah John Muller (1856-1929); British mathematician
RecipientLarmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist
Date6 July 1901
DescriptionIt was a pleasure to find Larmor's account of [George Francis] Fitzgerald, which he comments upon. Hill needs something to guide his own work. He gave up hydrodynamics because of the difficulty of differential equations, but he hopes to come back to it when his mathematics is stronger. He outlines his university commitments, sometimes five meetings per week at South Kensington, and twelve hour days. They tried to get [Andrew Russell] Forsyth for Principal, but now the battle is between [Arthur William] Rücker and [William] Garnett.
Extent4p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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