| RefNo | MS/928/2/187 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, The University, Glasgow, to Charles Vernon Boys |
| Creator | Thomson; William; Baron Kelvin (1824-1907); British mathematician and physicist |
| Recipient | Boys; Sir Charles Vernon (1855-1944); British physicist and inventor |
| Date | 11 December 1895 |
| Description | Requesting references to Boys's work on the moduluses of elasticity of quartz fibres. Asks if Boys knows of anyone else who has published on that subject. Queries if Boys has found 'any indication... of the imperfectness of torsional elasticity in quartz which we find so enormously in glass fibres'. |
| Extent | 2p. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | On paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8289 | Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; mathematician and physicist | 1824 - 1907 |