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RefNoMS/377/1/136
Previous numbersFormerly 136 and 138
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Silvanus Phillips Thompson, University College, Bristol, to [William Fletcher] Barrett
Date28 February 1880
DescriptionIs pleased that his suggestion of using the motograph telephone as a transmittor was successful. His failure to secure a Birmingham post, although he 'ran Poyting closely'. Describes the Trevelyan Rocker and draws Barrett's attention to de Fonvielle's 'very stupid' attack on Crookes' radial matter and kinetic theory of gases.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7141Thompson; Silvanus Phillips (1851 - 1916); physicist and electrical engineer1851 - 1916
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