| RefNo | MS/603/9/89 |
| Previous numbers | 1639 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from W [William] Ramsay, University College, Gower Street, to [Joseph] Larmor |
| Creator | Ramsay; Sir William (1852-1916); British physical chemist |
| Recipient | Larmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist |
| Date | 24 January 1905 |
| Description | He asks if he must give an answer at once, as he has much work before he can publish. Ramsay has been working with his students on an ore from Ceylon [Sri Lanka] which should have contained radium. He describes the radioactivity of its sulphate residue, and a programme of precipitating and crystallising from resulting solutions. This eventually gives a precipitate with two emanations, one identical with thorium, but of a much greater emanation. He is beginning experiments ot elucidate matters. He has also worked with the mineral malacone which gives off argon when decomposed. He therefore has a lot of results which require explanation. He asks for advice, thinking that he should decline to lecture, as not deserving a place in Philosophical Transactions at that time. |
| Extent | 3p. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6172 | Ramsay; Sir; William (1852 - 1916); physical chemist | 1852 - 1916 |