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- 3 Oct. 1949 (Creation)
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Found in printed book, See, T. J. J., Wave-Theory! : Discovery of the Cause of Gravitation / by T.J.J. See. (London: Wheldon & Wesley, 1942) : 12.b.94.3.
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614 Ohio St., Vallejo, Calif.; addressed to 'Sir George Trevelyan' as Master of Trinity College. - Is sending Trevelyan a copy of his Wave-Theory Book IX, Part I. 'As you are Master of Newton's College, that alone would make this book of deep interest to you: but there is another reason - namely Newton's Letters to Bentley, 1692, which deal with Cosmogony since the time of Plato...' The book will have 'an appeal to the Historian of Modern Nations'. The cover page 'appeals to Master of Trinity, like Dr Whewell, and therefore is worthy of your careful study'. Asks to hear from Trevelyan when he has read it.
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- Trevelyan, George Macaulay (1876-1962), historian, public educator, and conservationist (Subject)
- Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727), knight, natural philosopher and mathematician (Subject)
- Bentley, Richard (1662-1742), philologist and classical scholar (Subject)
- Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science (Subject)