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RefNoMS/603/6/145
LevelItem
TitleLetter from William Huggins, 90 Upper Tulse Hill, S W [South West] London, to the Secretary [Joseph Larmor]
CreatorHuggins; Sir William (1824-1910); British astronomer
RecipientLarmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist
Date22 March 1908
DescriptionHuggins feels it is very kind of Larmor to suggest coming to town, even though the matter Huggins wishes to discuss is not pressing. They [William and Margaret Huggins] have been looking forward to hosting Larmor, but Huggins is not free on Wednesday. He discusses the 'new fact (if further confirmed) that the [?] of the light of a star reaches the earth first, and the other [?] lag behind in their spectral order?'. He mentions a paper by J J T [Joseph John Thomson] and asks about [Herbert Hall] Turner and [William Wallace] Campbell's views on the matter of 'difference of velocity of the spectral rays'. He fears this disagrees with [Charles] Nordmann's views on this matter.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7376Huggins; Sir; William (1824 - 1910); astronomer1824 - 1910
NA7894Larmor; Sir; Joseph (1857 - 1942); physicist1857 - 1942
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