Brief biography and popular account of the unparalleled discoveries of T.J.J. See (1913)
Webb, W. L. (William Larkin), b. 1856 · Lynn, Mass. T.P. Nichols · leaf 118
n the available incomeof the University; and, at the presidents request, submitted aplan, a few days later, which accomplished this object, so that thebuilding began immediately. Dr. Sees plan consisted in cutting down the inflated budget,on the principle that necessities come before luxuries, and… … j2 « UNPARALLELED DISCOVERIES OF T. J. J, SEE 57 for many years, or never get started at all. Mr. Yerkes died in1905, and if it had not been built during his life-time, the wholematter probably would have fallen through and come to nothing.Accordingly whatever the Yerkes Observatory has…
See, Thomas Jefferson Jackson, 1866 · Astronomy
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