Janus: Papers of Sir Joseph Larmor

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Papers of Sir Joseph Larmor

Title	Letters from Sir Arthur Schuster
Reference	Schuster
Creator	Schuster, Arthur, Sir, 1851-1934
Covering Dates	1888–1923
Extent and Medium	33 letters; paper

Content and context

Larmor Collection, 1942

Index Terms

Schuster, Sir Arthur (1851-1934) Knight, physicist

St John's Library/Larmor/Schuster contains:

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.4

Autograph letter, signed, form Rusholme. Discusses the Berkeley Fellowship and enquires after the work of Parker in relation to it.
3p; paper; Manuscript.

28 November 1888

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.5

Autograph letter, signed, from Manchester. Is touched by the honour which the Philosophical Society has bestowed him. Discusses work with salt solutions.
4p; paper; Manuscript.

1 December 1890

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.6

Autograph letter, signed, from Manchester. Discusses various experiments.
4p; paper; Manuscript.

9 June 1901

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.7

Autograph letter, signed, from Manchester. Would like to add a pupil of his, George Simpson, to a list of candidates that JL has sent him. Describes the merits of Simpson.
4p; paper; Manuscript.

13 October 1902

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.8

Autograph letter, signed, from Manchester. Is pleased to be a guest of the College whilst in Cambridge for a meeting of the British Association, is sorry to have missed a meeting of the Royal Society and asks if JL could find somebody to look over the proofs of his lecture on optics.
3p; paper.

31 January 1904

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.9

Autograph letter, signed, from Manchester. Discusses the feasibilty of schemes by Middleton [Hal Middleton 1851-1932] and Crimieux. Discusses the possible candidates and subjects for the Bakerian Lecture.
4p; paper; Manuscript.

17 June 1904

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.10

Autograph letter, signed, from Manchester. Discusses experiments performed by Rutherford, corrections to be made to a paper and his belief that Lee is the best physicist for the Royal Society.
3p; paper; Manuscript.

15 February 1905

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.11

Autograph letter, signed, from Manchester. Is sorry to find that the international seismic work has been stopped by the Royal Society and discusses the government funding of the project.
4p; paper; Manuscript.

20 March 1905

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.12

Autograph letter, signed, from Manchester. Discusses the work of the Committee of the Royal Society and England's position on international work on seismology.
4p; paper; Manuscript.

24 March 1905

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.13

Autograph letter, signed, from Manchester. Discusses the ideas for a new government scientific advisory board, the money available and the usefulness of such a board. Would like to see the Royal Society involved and is interested who will be the chairman.
4p; paper; Manuscript.

29 July 1905

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.14

Autograph letter, signed, from Manchester. Discusses a physics paper.
4p; paper; Manuscript.

26 November 1905

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.15

Autograph letter, signed, from Manchester. Is resigning his professorship to concentrate on his own work. Believes Rutherford will get the post. The drift of science throughout the world has made him consider setting up a readership. Lays out the conditions for this and asks for JL's opinion.
2p; paper; Manuscript.

9 January 1906

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.16

Autograph letter, signed, from Manchester. Is looking for assistants and suggests names. Asks for JL's opinion.
4p; paper; Manuscript.

23 February 1906

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.17

Autograph letter, signed, from Manchester. Has noted from JL's letter that AS is to be made Chairman of the Physics Committee, though he has had no notification of it. Notes that a paper by Rudy must be published.
2p; paper; Manuscript.

13 December 1906

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.18

Autograph letter, signed, from Manchester. Is going to India in the following January and therefore cannot go on the Council. Suggests that Rutherford is left alone for a year and discusses his own work and the possibility of it being completed before he leaves.
2p; paper; Manuscript.

21 October 1907

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.19

Autograph letter, signed, from Manchester. Discusses a scientific assistantship to be funded by the International Association of Seismologists. Asks JL if he can recommend anybody for the post of electircal engineer in Bangalore.
4p; paper; Manuscript.

10 November 1907

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.20

Autograph letter, signed, from Manchester. Believes there is an error in an edition of the Astrological Journal and discusses it. Discusses two papers of Ekman.
4p; paper; Manuscript.

9 December 1907

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.21

Autograph letter, signed, from Manchester. Discusses a paper by Simpson on Indian meteorological conditions in India.
1p; paper; Mixed.

15 February 1909

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.22

Autograph letter, signed, from Manchester. Discusses the wish of Simpson to go on the Scott Antarctic Expedition to study meteorology and atmospheric electricity. Notes the problems as Simpson is employed in India and the procedures for him to be allowed to go.
2p; paper; Manuscript.

31 December 1909

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.23

Autograph letter, signed, from Manchester. Would like JL to attend the International Solar Union and notes that he has funds which will cover travelling expenses.
2p; paper; Manuscript.

24 June 1910

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.24

Autograph letter, signed, from Manchester. Discusses the merits of Gold and Heawood for a position and also the Royal Society vote.
4p; paper; Manuscript.

3 March 1910

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.25

Autograph letter, signed, from Manchester. Discusses the travelling expenses fund of the Royal Society with regards to a trip to Rome.
2p; paper; Manuscript.

21 April 1910

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.26

Autograph letter, signed, from Manchester. Has recorded some interesting sunspot data.
2p; paper; Manuscript.

19 February 1911

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.27

Autograph letter, signed, from Manchester. Is having trouble eliminating 'an awkward earth effect' from his results.
2p; paper; Manuscript.

1 March 1911

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.28

Autograph letter, signed, from Manchester. Discusses a grant paper that has been rejected by 'Board B'.
3p; paper; Manuscript.

14 March 1912

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.29

Autograph letter, signed, from Twyford. Discusses JL's suggestions of an increased grant.
3p; paper; Manuscript.

21 June 1914

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.30

Autograph letter, signed, from Twyford. Would like to leave a resolution extanct.
2p; paper; Manuscript.

2 November 1914

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.31

Autograph letter, signed, from Twyford. Sends a paper of Hercus.
1p; paper; Manuscript.

17 April 1915

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.32

Autograph letter, signed, from Twyford. Discusses papers of Hercus and Latz.
1p; paper; Manuscript.

7 April 1915

W1.Sa-Se.Schuster.33

Autograph letter, signed, from Twyford. Acknowledges a letter from JL and says that he will get used to one eye vision.
1p; paper; Manuscript.

24 December 1923