Record

RefNoNLB/43/127
AltRefNoNLB/43 p84
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Hugh Longbourne Callendar, Fellow of the Royal Society
Date8 November 1910
DescriptionThe paper by C P Butler on 'The Spectrum of Halley's Comet' is short, an accompanied by a plate, the cost of the latter being about £5. Sir Joseph Larmor suggests that the communicator should be informed that the expensive reproduction of the plate is not necessary. Also sending herewith [no enclosures] a copy of the referee's opinion on Dr Havelock's paper on 'Optical Dispersion - an Analysis of its Actual Dependence upon Physical Conditions'. Larmor thinks it is a 'Proceedings [of the Royal Society]' paper. The referee does not want it cut down, although it is 30 pages.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
PhysicalDescriptionTypescript, faded
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5307Callendar; Hugh Longbourne (1863 - 1930); physicist1863 - 1930
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