| RefNo | MS/603/10/64 |
| Previous numbers | 1836 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Frederick Soddy, 46 Kersland Steet, Glasgow, to [Joseph] Larmor |
| Creator | Soddy; Frederick (1877-1956); British chemist and social commentator |
| Recipient | Larmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist |
| Date | 19 July 1908 |
| Description | He returns the letter of Professor [Viktor] von Lang, and thanks Larmor for his help. He will not pursue the matter himself as they are working up the residues at St Joachimsthal. The monopoly on raw materials in radioactive work is exasperating and the policy of the nine authorities is unjustifiable, especially to the humbler workers such as himself. Soddy wrote to [Ernest] Rutherford to see if he could borrow radium for a short time, but he has it fully in use. Soddy can see from letters to Nature that Rutherford is investigating the spectrum of the radium emanation, something Soddy worked on for a full year with [William] Ramsay in 1903-04. [Willy] Marckwald and other German workers have protested at being cut off from all supplies. Soddy thanks Larmor for his 'masterly' exposition of Lord Kelvin's scientific activities. With his loss, and that of [Peter Guthrie] Tait, Scotland's physical sciences seem desolute. |
| Extent | 4p. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8018 | Soddy; Frederick (1877 - 1956) | 1877 - 1956 |