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RefNoMS/603/7/89
Previous numbers1119
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Horace Lamb, 6 Wilbraham Road, Fallowfield, Manchester, to [Joseph] Larmor
CreatorLamb; Sir Horace (1849-1934); British mathematician
RecipientLarmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist
Date26 September 1900
DescriptionHe has found Larmor's letter on his return from Scotland. The E.B. authorities [Encylopaedia Britannica?] are touching him and he ought to do something for them, but he finds writing to order difficult. He is setting to work for Klein on a similar job. He has a big box of papers from Greenwich waiting for him. He has seen Larmor's address in 'Nature' and read it again in the separate copy Larmor sent to him. He feels that he is an outrider in these things but congratulates Larmor in his performance, which was more than worthy. Lamb thinks that Hobson would make a good President of the London Mathematical Society, but he should finish the book on spherical harmonics which he has long hinted at.
Extent4p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8246Lamb; Sir; Horace (1849 - 1934)1849 - 1934
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