Correspondence, 1925-1931 / Warren Weaver. 1925-1931.

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Correspondence, 1925-1931 / Warren Weaver. 1925-1931.

Letters to and from Prof. Francis D. Murnaghan, asking questions on relativity, vector analysis, invariants, covariants, and scalar. Includes a paper titled "An invariant or scalar, as used in tensor analysis." Letter to and from Prof. A.S. Eddington on relativity.

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