The life of Sir J. J. Thomson, O. M. : sometime master of Trinity College Cambridge / by Lord Rayleigh.

  • Rayleigh, John William Strutt, Baron, 1842-1919
Date:
1932
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Credit: The life of Sir J. J. Thomson, O. M. : sometime master of Trinity College Cambridge / by Lord Rayleigh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Thomson, Mrs ]. J. (Lady), 4, 34, 35, 40, 47? 54, 130-131? 153? 158, J6o, 177, 205, 207, 214, 221, 227? 247? 261, 272, 274-275, 279, 28 5 Thomson, W., .yee Kelvin Thorium emanation, 132 Threlfall, R., 23, 127, 227 letters to, 27—31 Tootal, Broadhurst, Lee & Co., 230 Townsend, Sir J.S., 51, 61, 63, 73, 121, 127, 128, 132, 154 work on electrified gases, 101— 103, 104-106 work on ionisation by collision, 115-118 letter from, 159 quotation from, 118 Trevelyan, Sir George, 213 letter from, 211 Trevelyan, G.M., 275 letter from, 211 quotation from, 287 Trinity College, 7,13, 35, 44-45, 266 Council, 252 Finance Committee, 249 mathematical teaching at, 242- 243 J.J. Thomson, Fellow of, 13; lecturer at, 14; admission as Master, 208-210; work as Master, 247, 286; celebrations of 80th birthday, 279-283 Trinity Lodge, 206, 211, 212 alterations to, 213-214 guests at, 226, 258-259 Trinity Mission, 251 Tubes of force, 134 Undergraduate life, 10 Undergraduates, relation with, 255 University Grants Committee, 241 \ determination of, 17, 34, 35-36, 126 Varley, C.F., 77 Vortex rings, 14, 44, 203 299 War anxieties, 176 Wave theory of light, proposed modification of, 135 Western Electric Company, visit to, 222-224 Westminster Abbey, ceremonies at, 269, 270, 287 Westminster, Dean of (Foxley Nor¬ ris), 259, 271-272 Whetham, see Dampier Wicken Fen, 277 Wiedemann, E., 78, 131 Wien, W., 166-169 Wilberforce, L.R., 127, 164 quotation from, 26 Willows, R.S., letter from, 230 quotation from, 52 Wilson, C.T. R., 124, 127, 164 work on clouds, 98-101, 102, 119 work on drops, 120 quotation from, 99-100 Wilson, H.A., 50, 64, 98, 124, 132, 133, 146 work on ions, 121-122 Winstanley, D.A. (Vice-Master of Trinity), 280, 286 quotation from, 281 Women, admission to the Univer¬ sity, 29, 239-241 Wood, A., 158, 226, 227 Wood, Derwent, bust of J.J. Thom¬ son by, 270-271 Wright, C.S., 176, 178 X-rays, 41, 67, 70, 77, 79, 98, 100, 103, 161, 198 ions from, 104, 113, 120, 134, 143 ionisation by, 135 Young’s interference experiment, 135 Zeeman, P., 131, 174, 259 Zeleny, J., 64, 124, 129 work on velocity of ions, 74-75 Zeppelins, absurd proposals for catching, 181