Silvanus Phillips Thompson Dsc Lld Frs His Life And Letters
Silvanus Phillips Thompson Dsc Lld Frs His Life And Letters
Jane Smeal Henderson Thompson
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Unfortunately, from 1889 to 1892 Thompson wore a beard, in which he is represented in this picture, but which he had given up wearing before Herkomer 's portrait was begun. In the spring of 1894 Thompson again gave a brilliant Friday Evening Discourse at the Royal Institution on " Transformations of Electric Currents, " remarkable for its ingenious experiments. That year the British Association was held at Oxford, and his friend Professor Oliver Lodge gave his paper which foreshadowed wireless ...telegraphy, and succeeded in sending messages from one building to 164 LIFE OF SILVANUS THOMPSON another. Mrs. Thompson also attended the meeting, and they stayed in some students' small rooms in Ship Street. The week spent among the architectural grandeurs of old Oxford was a great joy to them both. Thompson was tired that summer, and read no papers at the meeting. After it was over they went off to Switzerland, accompanied by his sister Rachel and the two eldest children. They spent a long time at Riffel Alp, which he found an excellent centre for sketching.
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