| RefNo | MS/603/11/143 |
| Previous numbers | 2084 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from R W [Robert Williams] Wood, Physical Laboratory, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, to [Joseph] Larmor |
| Creator | Wood; Robert Williams (1868-1955); American physicist and inventor |
| Recipient | Larmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist |
| Date | no date [c.1905?] |
| Description | Wood thanks Larmor for his suggestions regarding free path on fluorescence and magnetic rotation. He does not understand what Larmor means by 'orientation', as it seems to him that the magnet ought to bring orbits into the same plane. He will try some of the suggestions; he is now examining the rotation between the Ds, as the proof of theory would be here. Last year he thought of a scheme to interrupt a wave train rapidly enough to break up the line, using a rotating mica disc upon the edge of which a fine diffraction grating had been ruled, giving a sketch of it. He notes some questions surrounding this and asks Larmor's for opinion. Wood is publishing 'a feeble work' on physical optics with Macmillan. In a postscript he asks: 'What do you think of the sodium fluorescence?' |
| Extent | 2p. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5783 | Wood; Robert Williams (1868 - 1955); physicist and inventor | 1868 - 1955 |