| RefNo | MS/603/6/195 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from William Huggins, 90 Upper Tulse Hill, S W [South West] London, to the Secretary [Joseph Larmor] |
| Creator | Huggins; Sir William (1824-1910); British astronomer |
| Recipient | Larmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist |
| Date | 21 November 1909 |
| Description | Regarding work relating to Mars. He jokes that '[George Johnstone] Stoney suffers in particular from a form of hydrophobia which raises him to fury at the mention of Martian water'. He also writes that '[Henry Cabourn] Pocklington's paper was in fault because it gave to visible Martian "canals" a narrowness which is impossible if our established optical theory is right'. Huggins regrets that he was 'not with the privileged 100 last Thursday' [at Larmor's Bakerian Lecture], but has been reading and rereading his abstract. |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7376 | Huggins; Sir; William (1824 - 1910); astronomer | 1824 - 1910 |
| NA7894 | Larmor; Sir; Joseph (1857 - 1942); physicist | 1857 - 1942 |