ROBERT A. MILLIKAN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 12/13/1929 - HFSID 253011
ROBERT A. MILLIKAN. Typed Letter signed: "Robert A. Millikan", 1p, 8½x11. On letterhead of California Institute of Technology. Pasadena, California, 1929 December 13. To Isaac J. Frazee, Laguna Beach, California.
Sale Price $360.00
Reg. $400.00
ROBERT A. MILLIKAN. Typed Letter signed: "Robert A. Millikan", 1p, 8½x11. On letterhead of California Institute of Technology. Pasadena, California, 1929 December 13. To Isaac J. Frazee, Laguna Beach, California. In full: "I am writing to thank you for a copy of your little brochure entitled 'Evolove'. I shall look it over with interest. Very sincerely yours." Physicist Robert A Millikan determined the charge on the electron (1909), then confirmed Einstein's quantum photoelectric equation. For his work he won the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physics. In 1925, he coined the term "cosmic rays". Horizontal and vertical folds, one of the latter crossing "M" of signature. Lightly toned. More heavily toned in 4x2 block at right side which includes signature. Otherwise, fine condition.
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