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- Christmas 1895 (Undated, so date is estimated.)
Reports back on the dynamometer tests
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- 10 November 1936
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- 24 February 1936
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- 2 March 1936
A. L. s. from Elvaston Hall, Ryton-on-Tyne
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- 28 May 1890
Parsons is relieved that his arbitration has been settled, and expresses optimism in producing an improved compound steam turbine that will not fall within the old patents, notes improvement in their glass mirrors, and that Sir J. Douglas wants them to manufacture side lights for ships. There is a small sketch.
A. L. s., dated 31 October 1909, from Holeyn Hall
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- 31 October 1909
Regarding an election in which the candidates were Kennedy, Sir William White and Unwin. P expresses his surprise that Kennedy received the most votes and gives his opinion of each candidate.
A. L. s., from 1 Upper Brook Street, London
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- 8 March 1919
P will subscribe something but would like to know what others will do. P has an urgent appeal to subscribe to a new chair in engineering. P admires Rutherford and thinks he would be 'the right man in the right place at the Cavendish Laboratory'.
A. L. s., from 14 Elgin Road, Dublin
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- 21 December 1896
He praises the Turbinia's success and sees a great future for Parsons if he applies 'his Turbine to commercial vessels of ordinary sizes'. Suggests if an order from a foreign government could be procured, the British government would be spurred into placing an order themselves.
A. L. s., from 6 Windsor Terrace, Newcastle
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- 24 May 1919
P is sending 2 volumes compiled by the Lubrication Committee of the Advisory Council for Research. P talks about J.H. Michell. P is glad that the Engineering School will occupy a new site and discusses the naming of a chair for thermodynamics. P does not think the Lubrication Committee has advanced much knowledge.
A. L. s., from 6 Windsor Terrace, Newcastle
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- 27 March 1916
Asking if Larmor would like to make a contribution towards the cost of the loss made by the Royal Society on 'the International Catalogue'.
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