Identity area
Reference code
Larmor/Letters/To Larmor/Parker (Misc)/PA5/4
Unique identifier
GB 275 Larmor/Letters/To Larmor/Parker (Misc)/PA5/4
Title
Autograph letter, signed, from Clitheroe
Date(s)
- 3 May 1890 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
6p Manuscript paper
Context area
Name of creator
(b 1859)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Discusses a MS of a treatise on elementary thermodynamics which JL is to look at for Pitt Press. Has rewritten the MS after careful thought. Asks JL's opinion on two ideas, the absorption of gases by charcoal, and the origin and fate of the solar system, which he now has a chance to consider.