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RefNoMS/603/10/22
Previous numbers1796
LevelItem
TitleLetter from T J J [Thomas Jefferson Jackson] See, Mare Island, California, to Sir Jos [Joseph] Larmor, Cambridge
CreatorSee; Thomas Jefferson Jackson (1866-1962); American astronomer
RecipientLarmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist
Date10 July 1926
DescriptionFeeling that Larmor is a 'good Newtonian', he sends a summary of his longer paper, drawn up for a Copenhagen meeting in August and to be published in the Astronomische Nachrichten. The matehmetica part is condensed but the philosophical discussion may interest to the cultivators of science at Cambridge. If Larmor should be attending the British Association meeting at Oxford, he will be able to speak on these great questions, treated from a new point of view, and he make any use of the paper he feels advisable.
Extent1p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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