Thomson, J. J. (Joseph John), 1856-1940
J. J. Thomson letters to Ernest Rutherford, 1895-1935.
Includes 4 letters to Rutherford from Thomson.
Physicist (cathode rays, atomic structure, electrons) and administrator. On the faculty at University of Cambridge (1918-1940): director, Cavendish Laboratory (1884-1918), physics faculty (1894-1919), and master of Trinity College (1918-1940); and on the natural philosophy faculty at the Royal Institution of Great Britain (1905-1918).
Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937
Solid state physics
Physicists. lcsh
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