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RefNoMS/603/12/52
Previous numbers2170
LevelItem
TitleLetter from J [Joseph] Larmor, St John's College, Cambridge, to 'Dear Master' [Charles Taylor]
CreatorLarmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist
RecipientTaylor; Charles (1840-1908); British college head
Date22 January 1896
Description'I cannot find anything in Townsend about it. But it is known that the auxiliary circles of all conics inscribed in the same quadrilateral are coaxial...' Taylor's way of getting at these things is simple, he thinks, but recommends making a small digression, and he relays what he has noticed about one diagram.
Extent2p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7894Larmor; Sir; Joseph (1857 - 1942); theoretical physicist1857 - 1942
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