Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir William Fletcher Barrett

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-74/11/8/24
• Dates of Creation:04 November 1899
• Name of Creator:
  Barrett, Sir William Fletcher, 1844 -1925 (professor of physics, Royal College of Science, Dublin (Ireland))
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  1 letter

• Scope and Content

  Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir William Fletcher Barrett concerning an article in the journal Nature. Barrett reports that Nature has devoted space to ridiculing a trade dowser, and is concerned that, due to a former disagreement, the editor will try to link the dowser story to his book, and thus discredit his work. He asks Geikie to write to Nature protesting that they had wasted space on the dowser story.

• Archivist's Note

  possible bibliographic reference:

  Barrett, William:some sort of book on psychic phenomena

  Sarah Higgins 18 June 2001

• Subjects

  Academic Criticism

  Dowsing

  Professional Interaction

• Personal Names

  Barrett, Sir William Fletcher, 1844 -1925 (professor of physics, Royal College of Science, Dublin (Ireland))

  Geikie, Archibald, Sir (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh)

• Corporate Names

  Nature