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Lettere con il  REV. E. W. BLORE 14 febbraio 1871, 15 febbraio 1871
 
 
 
 

FROM THE REV. E. W. BLORE, M.A. (now Vice-Master of Trinity).

                                                                         14th February 1871.

     Many residents of influence are desirous that you should occupy the post, hoping that in your hands this University    would hold a leading place in this department. It has, I believe, been ascertained that Sir W. Thomson would not   accept the professorship. I mention this lest you should wish to avoid the possibility of coming into the field against   him. 
      


TO THE REV. E. W. BLORE
 

                                                        Glenlair, Dalbeattie, 15th Febrnary 1871.

     MY DEAR BLORE—Though I feel much interest in the proposed Chair of Experimental Physics, I had no    intention of applying, for it when I got your letter, and I have none now, unless I come to see that I can do some   good by it.

     . . . I am sorry Sir W. Thomson has declined to stand. He has had practical experience in teaching experimental    work, and his experimental corps have turned out very good work. I have no experience of this kind, and I have   seen very little of the somewhat similar arrangements of a class of real practical chemistry. The class of Physical   Investigations, which might be undertaken with the help of men of Cambridge education, and which would be  creditable to the University, demand, in general, a considerable amount of dull labour which may or may not be     attractive to the pupils.