| RefNo | MS/603/8/96 |
| Previous numbers | 1434 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from E A [Edward Arthur] Milne, 19 Northmoor Road, Oxford, to [Joseph] Larmor |
| Creator | Milne; (Edward) Arthur (1896-1950); British astrophyicist and cosmologist |
| Recipient | Larmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist |
| Date | 18 January 1933 |
| Description | Larmor's 'splendid' two volumes arrived. Coincidentally, he had been reading Larmor's introduction to Kelvin's papers the day before, aloud to his wife, as an example of what to aim for. Milne has been trying to develop his solution to the cosmological problem, with some mistakes and false starts. His long paper is about to come out and he will sent Larmor a copy of it. He is clear that the distribution of matter and motion is not a dynamical or gravitational problem - these must be invented to fit the distribution. He has made some progress, he thinks, but less than he would like. He saw something of [Albert] Einstein in Germany, finding him not easy to talk to, interrupting before the point was reached. Einstein is going to America 'after an undiginified squabble with a league of patriotic American ladies' who wished to bar him. Milne also saw [Walter] Nernst, soon to retire, and occupied with an electric piano of his own invention. |
| Extent | 4p. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8077 | Milne; Edward Arthur (1896 - 1950) | 1896 - 1950 |