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Reference numberMS/603/1/158
LevelItem
TitleLetter from J [John] Brown, Edenberry House, Belfast, to [Joseph] Larmor
CreatorBrown; John (1850-1911); British manufacturer
Date10 November 1895
DescriptionBrown has been to Paris and St. Omer to see a mutual friend. He had intended to visit Larmor but could not fit it in. He found Larmor's paper waiting for him and it is beyond him. He refers to one line on p.741 suggesting an interesting phenomenon and asks for details. He saw Perry in London, full of his tram, which Brown thinks expensive and inefficient. He has read Whetham's book and shall do so again more carefully, noting some 'queer things' in it, giving page examples. Brown's old experiments were more definite and he asks if Larmor thinks that Whetham is 'an enthusiast or a careful man'.
Extent5p.
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA5620Brown; John (1850 - 1911)1850 - 1911
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