RefNoMS/603/10/21
Previous numbers1795
LevelItem
TitleLetter from T J J [Thomas Jefferson Jackson] See, Naval Observatory, Mare Island, California, to Sir Charles Sherrington, President of the Royal Society, London
CreatorSee; Thomas Jefferson Jackson (1866-1962); American astronomer
RecipientSherrington; Sir Charles Scott (1857-1952); British neurophysiologist
Larmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist
Date7 March 1925
DescriptionHe sends to the Royal Society a paper of 'momentous significance', here headed 'Researches in non-Euclidian geometry and the theory of Relativity. A systematic study of twenty fallacies in the geometry of Riemann. Including the so-called curvature of space and radius of world curvature, and of the eighty errors in the physical theories of Einstein and Eddington, showing the complete collapse of the theory of Relativity'. The letter continues, in describing See's researches, and the Royal Society's responsibility in the diffusion of errors, by championing Relativity and non-Euclidian geometry.

A pencil note on p.1 indicates that this is a 'copy for Prof. Sir Jos. Larmor'.
Extent5p.
FormatTypescript copy
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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