Record

RefNoMS/603/11/127
Previous numbers2068
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Edmund T [Taylor] Whittaker, Scotsdale, Grantchester Street, Cambridge, to [Joseph] Larmor
CreatorWhittaker; Sir Edmund Taylor (1873-1956); British mathematician and astronomer
RecipientLarmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist
Date11 November 1903
DescriptionHe thanks Larmor for his card. He read Larmor's paper on [Christiaan] Huygens' Principle while on L.M.S. [London Mathematical Society] Council. It was important for a lecture he is to give that term on equations in mathematical physics. Whittaker has made a copy of his latest short paper to L.M.S., and sends it to Larmor.

With some pencil notes.
Extent3p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA2270Whittaker; Sir; Edmund Taylor (1873 - 1956); mathematician and astronomer1873 - 1956
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