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Reference numberMS/603/1/147
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Horace T [Tabberer] Brown, 52 Nevern Square, Kensington, to [Joseph] Larmor
CreatorBrown; Horace Tabberer (1848-1925); British chemist
Date13 November 1916
DescriptionHe has delayed in replying to Larmor until he had a better grasp of the matter. He has it now, with the formulae that Larmor and R.A. Fisher gave him. He has been using agar jelly with congo red in measuring an advance in a column. He thought this was new, but discovered that others had used the technique. It is excellent for demonstration purposes and the values for k more trustworthy than from static methods. Larmor has been finding fault with him for talking about Fick's law. Brown notes that Larmor has been lecturing on Fourier and wishes he could have heard him. Brown praises Fourier's genus and clear, logical style. He should stand as an example to the eugenicists as 'le dix-neuvieme enfant d'une famille plus nombreuse'. He returns to the diffusing acid, discussing this. Notes that his paper has not been widely cited, perhaps because it appeared in Philosophical Transactions B. He was interested in Kelvin's approach to the cooling 'unanswerable if radioactivity had not come unexpectedly in the way!'. Turns to another problem, diffusates passing from one body to another and querying whether under certain conditions this would make the bodies approach or recede form one another.
Extent9p.
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Access statusOpen
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CodeNameDates
NA6968Brown; Horace Tabberer (1848 - 1925)1848 - 1925
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