C.J. Longman to J. W. Mellor

13 August, 1902

Mellor Papers, Box 9, folder 1

Unpublished

In 1901, Mellor’s teacher, Harold B. Dixon (1852-1930) encouraged him to write a book on mathematics as it applied to chemistry. Mellor’s Higher Mathematics for Students of Chemistry and Physics was published by Longmans, Green and Co., in 1902, the year he completed his doctorate. This work represented the beginning of a long relationship with the firm. In August 1902, Mellor received a letter from Charles Longman (1852-1934), who informed him that the suggestion of a Physical Chemistry series was now a reality, and that Professor Sir William Ramsay (1852–1916) was to be editor. Longman also informed Mellor that Ramsay ‘thinks so well of your book’, which was certainly Mellor’s Higher Mathematics.