Manuscripts
Manuscripts: Sir James Jeans [after 1923]. 2 items
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Jeans, Sir James H
Manuscripts
58 leaves/pieces (holograph: 3 Jeans; 1 Andrew Jackson IV).
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James Hopwood JEANS (1917-1923). 4 items
Manuscripts
The papers consist of Francis Pease's research papers. It contains correspondence, manuscripts, Pease's notes (including his work notes, many of which contain various drawings and diagrams by him), reprints, photographs, etc. Topics covered in the collection are numerous and include the Mount Wilson Observatory, the Yerkes Observatory, astronomy and astronomers. The majority of it relates to Pease's research on the speed-of-light (highlighting his manuscript with Albert A. Michelson), Ether drift, his observations of the Moon, the Sun, Jupiter, star diameters, galaxies, nebulae, as well as his work on interferometers, and the design and construction of telescopes.
mssPease papers