Hermann Fricke Manuscript

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
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560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Hermann Fricke Manuscript, Ms2008-062, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Fricke, Hermann, 1876-1949
Abstract:
This collection contains German cosmologist Hermann Fricke's manuscript of "Eine Neue Sonnentheorie" from 1932 utilizes Sir William Siemens and William Herschel's ideas on sun spots and the solar corona to suggest new theoretical perspectives on the sun's relationship to the atmosphere.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in German.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Hermann Fricke Manuscript, Ms2008-062, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

Hermann Fricke's manuscript of "Eine Neue Sonnentheorie" ("A New Theory of the Sun") from 1932 utilizes Sir William Siemens and William Herschel's ideas on sun spots and the solar corona to suggest new theoretical perspectives on the sun's relationship to the atmosphere. Points of discussion include "The Unlikelihood of Prominent Ideas/Theories of the Sun," "Sun Spots," "The Corona," "The Comets," "The Courvoisier Effect," "The Spectrum of the Sun," "The Planets, Jupiter" and "The Model of a Gravity Line." The manuscript includes handwritten edits, presumably in the author's hand.

Biographical / historical:

Hermann Fricke was a German cosmologist and one of a group of physicists that disagreed with Einstein's theory of special relativity. He supported using "ether" to explain electromagnetism.

Acquisition information:
The Hermann Fricke Manuscript was purchased by Special Collections in 1999.
Processing information:

The processing and description of the Hermann Fricke Manuscript occurred in August 2008.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Physics
Science and Technology
Physicists