Humphrey Lloyd (Figure L6) was a distinguished and influential experimental physicist whose entire career was pursued at Trinity College, Dublin (O'Hara, 2003).
Humphrey Lloyd.
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Weaire, D., Coey, J.M.D. (2007). Lloyd, Humphrey (1808–1881). In: Gubbins, D., Herrero-Bervera, E. (eds) Encyclopedia of Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4423-6_169
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