Letter from James Dewar, Royal Institution of Great Britain, London, to [Joseph] Larmor He has received a letter from Mr. [Robert] Harrison, who can only act with the authority of officials, making it clear that as Dewar surmised, the [Joseph Edward] Coates paper was authorised for publication in various journals almost immediately after 18 December, and in the form presented at the 13 December meeting. He thinks that Larmor might have stopped this, knowing that the paper was to be amended to some extent. No such action was taken. It appears that Sir William Ramsay was in correspondence with the Secretary to discuss amendments, while Dewar was treated as a 'thankless taskmaster' and kept in ignorance of any changes. Larmor has complained about the epithets used by Dewar in his letters and has proposed to submit them to [Arthur] Schuster, [George Downing] Liveing, and perhaps to Council. Dewar declines to allow him to use the correspondence and would consider it a breach of honour if any side used it. 16 January 1907