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Arnulph Mallock, the youngest son of the Rev. William Mallock, was born at Cheriton Bishop, on March 12, 1851. After leaving school he entered St. Edmund's Hall, Oxford, and when he left Oxford he assisted his uncle, Mr. W. Froude, of Chelston Cross, Torquay, in working out the very beautiful gear of the original ship model tank. In 1876 Mallock went as assistant to the late Lord Rayleigh. He had some doubt whether his mechanical skill would be sufficient to enable him to meet Lord Rayleigh's requirements. It would seem that his misgivings were unnecessary for two reasons. He was in fact an accomplished mechanic, capable of the finest instrument construction if he had suitable tools, and Lord Rayleigh was such a genius in devising means almost absurdly simple for conducting experiments of the most crucial character. The time spent under that benign influence must perhaps have been the most precious of all in encouraging Mallock, if indeed he needed encouragement, in confidence in first principles where difficult problems were to be met.
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MR. H. R. A. MALLOCK, F.R.S.. Nature 133, 16–17 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133016b0
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