Letter from J [Joseph] Larmor, 9 Eyre Square, Galway, to 'Dear Master' [Charles Taylor] He has just received the kind enclosure from the Vice-Chancellor. It seems unlikely that Sir W. [William Thomson] will consent to stand. Taylor has not indicated his view of Larmor's misgivings and therefore he states his difficulty. Larmor would not have forwarded his name without Taylor's letter and another from Sandys. He does not think that lack of experience in tedious and delicate measurements should prevent him from standing. Only Thomson and Rayleigh have been much employed in that line. His main difficulty remains, that he will be up against senior men already trained to the work of the Cavendish Laboratory. Larmor would have testimonials from Irish physicists who could only speak of Larmor's success with students and work on examining boards. His published papers have not been on experimental subjects, but if his Cambridge friends consider it expedient, he will send in his name. 27 November 1884