| Reference number | MS/928/2/172 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, Lensfield Cottage, Cambridge, to Charles Vernon Boys |
| Date | 23 March 1900 |
| Description | He has reconsidered the utility of the 13 June lunar eclipse for Boys's researches into the radiant heat of the Moon and now considers a fuller eclipse would be better, providing his reasoning. He assumes that Boys will work with a reflecting telescope as the glass lens of a refractor would stop almost all heat. Lord Rosse discovered that only 8 or 10 percent of total heat from the Moon would get through even a thin piece of plate glass.
Endorsed by C V Boys: 'Ansd. both 26 Mar.' |
| Extent | 2p. |
| Format | Typescript |
| Physical description | On paper |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8283 | Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903) | 1819 - 1903 |