| RefNo | MS/603/11/70 |
| Previous numbers | 2013 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from H H [Herbert Hall] Turner, University Observatory, Oxford, to [Joseph] Larmor |
| Creator | Turner; Herbert Hall (1861-1930); British astronomer and seismologist |
| Recipient | Larmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist |
| Date | 1 April 1910 |
| Description | His faith in [David] Gill's sense has been shaken for the first time. Payment by results is well in the abstract, but does not help in bringing before Government how deserving the head of a scientific department might be. Salaries of scientific people fail to go up, and [George Biddell] Airy and [William Henry Mahoney] Christie both failed in remedying this. Turner gives the example of [William David] Barber, Secretary to the Board of Visitors, who started as a second class clerk and is now has a higher salary than either [Philip Herbert] Cowell or [Arthur Stanley] Eddington. Even an established computer such as Davidson can only reach £250 in salary. Efforts to get better terms for computers at Greeenwich have failed and the difficulty for a head of department would be greater still. They must stand by their original bargain and this must be a good one. He has heard that Cowell's offer at the N.A. [Nautical Almanac] is inferior to that made to [Arthut Matthew Weld] Downing, which would be wrong. |
| Extent | 2p. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1105 | Turner; Herbert Hall (1861 - 1930); astronomer and seismologist | 1861 - 1930 |