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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 980/1
TitleJames Clerk Maxwell to P.G. Tait: Letter
Date3 December 1856
Extent1 item
DescriptionLetter written by James Clerk Maxwell, 129 Union St., Aberdeen to [P.G.] Tait. Introduces bearer, his cousin, William Dyce Cay and asks for news of Tait's work in Belfast. He enjoys lecturing and work with Aberdeen students. Also mentions models which he is having made: an adjustable false balance, a pendulum in two planes and a brass top. Comments humorously on Professor Pirie's class on 'Practical Religion' which he is attending.
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