Creator
Alexander G. McAdie
Recipient
John Muir
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4larger individual drops are formed and these spread out in space, forming the cloud mass. If the necessary fall in temperature occurs, the cloud drop becomes a drop of water, bound for earth.I have tried to put the process of cloud building before you in simple language. We know very little about it. Some day men will know a great deal about it; but always there will be more yet. It has always been a wonder to me that men were content to know so little about clouds.I remember spending one night with Campbell in the some of the Lick Observatory. He plugged along until early morning getting stellar spectrograms, on a problem that he has been at work on for years. It is all to try to find out how the solar system is moving in space. And I remember thinking that if as much effort could be put into the study of a drop of rain or a drop of dew, the results would be just as marvelous and of as great value to mankind. Some day I hope there will be a big observatory for the study of a dew drop.I don't know if I have met your wishes. I have a great manyphotographs of clouds and want you to see them whenever you can find time.With warmest regards,Sincerely,Alexander G. McAdieProfessor04734
Location
San Francisco
Date Original
1910 Mar 19
Source
Original letter dimensions: 25 x 20 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir19_0261-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 19, Image 0261
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Page Number
Page 4
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
