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RefNoMS/603/12/60
Previous numbers2178
LevelItem
TitleLetter from J [Joseph] Larmor, St John's College, Cambridge, to Mr King [? possibly Louis Vessot King]
CreatorLarmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist
RecipientKing; Louis Vessot (1886-1956); Canadian mathematical physicist
Date9 July 1910
DescriptionLarmor believes there is a discrepency in his correspondent's discussion of pressure and Zeeman effects. He has looked up the note referred to, giving details, and saying that this makes changes in wavelength to be proportional to the wavelength, comparing this to the Zeeman effects proportional to its square. Unless Larmor is mixed up, the two effects are in the same direction but opposite. His pressure shifts show no sign of any definite relation to wavelength. Larmor discusses this with equations, concluding that 'the matter is not amenable very well to test'.
Extent4p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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CodePersonNameDates
NA7894Larmor; Sir; Joseph (1857 - 1942); theoretical physicist1857 - 1942
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