Item 3 - Letter from James P. Joule to Sir William Thomson

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Letter from James P. Joule to Sir William Thomson

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  • 23 Mar. 1870 (Creation)

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5 Cliff Point, Higher Broughton, Manchester.—Thomson’s paper was well received by the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.

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5 Cliff Point | Hr Broughton | Manchester 23/3/70

Dear Thomson

We had the best meeting of our Society {1} there has been this year, nearly every one of any mark in the Manchester scientific world being present. Your paper {2} was received with a great deal of interest and is now in the printers hands so as to give you time to see a proof

Yours ever truly
James P Joule

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{1} A meeting of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, held the previous day. Joule was president.

{2} Thomson’s paper, ‘Voltaic Potential Differences and Atomic Sizes’, printed in the Society’s Proceedings, vol. 9, pp. 136-41.

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      This description was created by A. C. Green in May 2022.

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