| RefNo | MS/603/7/82 |
| Previous numbers | 1112 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Horace Lamb, 6 Wilbraham Road, Fallowfield, Manchester, to [Joseph] Larmor |
| Creator | Lamb; Sir Horace (1849-1934); British mathematician |
| Recipient | Larmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist |
| Date | 15 May 1898 |
| Description | Lamb thought that a problem which was so simple must have appeared somewhere else before. He will do what Larmor likes about the first part of the paper, and as he says, the rest is wrong, there will be little left. He is sorry to hear that there were slips in the manuscript, Lamb had no copy, but notes the Fourier series. He refers to details in the paper, including a wave question inspired in part by Rayleigh's papers, and in part by a paradoxical conclusion of J.J. Thomson. Lamb thinks his investigation was 'fudged', giving his reasons. He does not understand Larmor's argument that no disturbance can get through a small hole, and Lamb will defend his solution. He notes his use of Maxwell's method of transformations [incomplete]. |
| Extent | 4p. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8246 | Lamb; Sir; Horace (1849 - 1934) | 1849 - 1934 |