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MS - Manuscripts General
- 603 - Correspondence of Sir Joseph Larmor, theoretical physicist and Physical Secretary of the Royal Society
  - 4 - Letters to Joseph Larmor, correspondents G-H

RefNo	MS/603/4/90
Previous numbers	678
Level	Item
Title	Letter from [Gordon Ferrie] Hull, Department of Physics, Wilder Laboratory, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N H [New Hampshire], to [Joseph] Larmor
Creator	Hull; Gordon Ferrie (1870-1956); Canadian physicist
Recipient	Larmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist
Date	14 July 1908
Description	He is grateful for Larmor's letters with suggestions for experiments, although Hull has accomplished little. The College continues to gain students, but the growth in teachers is not keeping pace, so duties are heavy. In one general physics course last year he had two hundred and forty students. He will have to divide the class next year, and he will have two hundred men in laboratory physics. He gives an account of the American Physical Society and American Association for the Advancement of Science holding a meeting at Dartmouth, with Hull giving demonstrations of light pressure on surfaces. He describes one experiment with glass vanes, giving accompanying drawings and a table of results. Professor [Ernest Fox] Nichols has gone to Mount Wilson and Hull would join him if not for the distance involved. He looks forward to the British Association meeting in Dublin and to seeing Cambridge friends, but if he cannot, he will go to Northern Ontario for a change of scene.
Extent	3p.
Format	Manuscript
PhysicalDescription	Ink on paper
AccessStatus	Open

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