New Zealand physicist who came to be known as the father of nuclear physics (1871-1937). Autograph Letter Signed. Newnham Cottage, Queen's Road, Cambridge. 8vo. 2 pp. Blind embossed address.
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A letter to physicist James Franck congratulating him for winning the Nobel Prize. "I was delighted to see in the morning paper that you have been awarded a Nobel Prize. My best wishes and warmest congratulations that your fine work in science has been suitably recognized..." - Together with the original transmittal cover addressed in Rutherford's hand. Ernest Rutherford was a New Zealand-born British physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908 "for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances." (NobelPrize.org: Ernest Rutherford - Biography.) Gently age toned, single mail fold.
Light soiling on verso. Previous dealer's pricing on verso at bottom left corner..