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RefNoMS/603/8/33
Previous numbers1372
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TitleLetter from H M [Hector Munro] Macdonald, 52 College Bounds, Aberdeen, to [Joseph] Larmor
CreatorMacdonald; Hector Munro (1865-1935); British mathematician
RecipientLarmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist
Date26 March 1915
Description[William Mitchison] Hicks sent the forms to him for signature, awarding the prize to [Geoffrey Ingram] Taylor. He will hold it until he has Larmor's further opinion, as he is not quite convinced that the [Adams] prize should be awarded. Larmor will have noticed that the essay has been published in part in the Philosophical Transactions ['Eddy motion in the atmosphere'], with the same mathematics 'and other blunders uncorrected'. The part on instability has the error which Macdonald pointed out and which destroys Taylor's argument. He does not like the idea of endorsing it and wants Larmor's view.
Extent2p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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CodePersonNameDates
NA1351Macdonald; Hector Munro (1865 - 1935)1865 - 1935
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