Record

RefNoMS/603/8/154
Previous numbers1492
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [Ernest Fox] Nichols, Columbia University, Department of Physics, Phoenix Laboratory, New York City, to [Joseph] Larmor
CreatorNichols; Ernest Fox (1869-1924); American physicist
RecipientLarmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist
Date6 December 1908
DescriptionHe thanks Larmor for acting promptly in their affairs. He asks if [Thomas Henry] Havelock was in Larmor's lectures in 1904-1905. [Richard Cockburn] Maclaurin's successor will have to teach mechanics to undergraduate engineers. The Engineering Faculty worry that the terms will not tempt a young man to take the job and acquire a knowledge of mechanics. They will be inclined to attack unless they get a facile teacher. He asks what kind of men Havelock has taught and notes that it is because of the engineers that they have hesitated to invite [Alfred Heinrich] Bucherer. They have not invited [Max] Abraham, although he has visited recently and would gladly come.
Extent2p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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