Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir William Fletcher Barrett

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-74/11/8/25
• Dates of Creation:08 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 thanking him for his letter and agreeing that he wrote to him too hastily. He remarks that Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge has written to Nature. He reports that he has found a silicon iron alloy which is more magnetic than pure commercial iron.

• 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)

  Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph, 1851-1940 (professor of physics University College, Liverpool)

• Corporate Names

  Nature