| RefNo | MS/603/10/13 |
| Previous numbers | 1787 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from T J J [Thomas Jefferson Jackson] See, Naval Observatory, Mare Island, California, to Joseph Larmor, St John's College, Cambridge |
| Creator | See; Thomas Jefferson Jackson (1866-1962); American astronomer |
| Recipient | Larmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist |
| Date | 20 November 1907 |
| Description | As Larmor may have found See's papers on earthquakes incomplete, a third paper if to follow on the formation of mountain ranges in the sea. He is also writing to Sir George Darwin about a comparison between spectroscopic and visual binary stars and the differences between average eccentricity in 28 orbits. He believes that this establishes the mode of origin of these systems. The tidal theory and mode of division suggested by Darwin and [Henri] Poincaré is now conclusively established by observations 'as if they had extended over millions of years'. He mentions this as being of interedst to the men of science in Cambridge, although the paper will not be finished and published for some months. |
| Extent | 2p. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |