| Reference number | MS/603/1/137 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Horace T [Tabberer] Brown, 52 Nevern Square, Kensington, to [Joseph] Larmor |
| Creator | Brown; Horace Tabberer (1848-1925); British chemist |
| Date | 26 September 1899 |
| Description | Larmor's letters have given him pleasure and set him to thinking about the puzzling diffusion experiments. He needs the aid of the mathematical physicist he believes, but has not considered his data to be sufficiently accurate. Larmor's analogy of an electric field of a system of conductors electrified to a common potential is suggestive, but does not help him to an idea of what actually takes place. He describes his experiments in detail and imagines something like a semi-permeable membrane across the aperture, allowing interchange of air molecules but stopping carbon dioxide molecules from entering. He compares this to a rain gauge and refers to a curve, figure 1 [not present]. There are many matters that he would like to take up from Larmor's letter, but he first requires to be enlightened on some fundamentals. |
| Extent | 8p. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6968 | Brown; Horace Tabberer (1848 - 1925) | 1848 - 1925 |