California Digital Newspaper Collection (CDNC, cdnc.ucr.edu), 2026-10-08
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Queries
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Results of query 1 [web: https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=q&txq=Larkin+%22radiant+energy%22]
- Los Angeles Herald, 4 Feb 1902: "Lecture on Spectrum Analysis": Larkin, director of the Lowe observatory, will deliver an illustrated lecture (title only read).
- Los Angeles Herald, 17 Feb 1903: "On Radiant Energy: Academy of Science hears lecture; Prof. Edward [sic] L. Larkin discusses subject; Astronomical Section hears of Radiant Energy in its application to astronomy and astrophysics" (headline only; article not opened).
- Los Angeles Herald, 5 Apr 1903, "'Radiant Energy'" (book review) [web: https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH19030405.2.366.13], read in part: Larkin is "a Fellow of the American association for the advancement of science, member of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and Fellow of the Southern California Academy of Sciences"; the book is dedicated to John D. Hooker; "The present reviewer is not a scientist, and will not presume to criticise the book seriously"; the work began as newspaper articles; the Southern California Academy of Sciences considered publication and "the vice president, J. L. [sic] Hooker, came to the rescue"; "William H. Knight of Los Angeles critically examined the work before publication". Quotes Larkin that matter and energy "At present both are unknown. They may remain forever unknown".
- San Jose Mercury-News, 21 Dec 1905: "Radiant Energy" added to the public library.
- 1912-1914: syndicated Larkin columns from the New York American (San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram 30 May 1912, Salinas Index Journal 22 May 1912, Visalia Times-Delta 12 May 1914, Siskiyou News 29 Jan 1914: "How does heat and light, away in cold space, reach the earth?").
- Los Angeles Examiner 1923: "Science Queries and Replies by Edgar Lucien Larkin" (31 Jan, 31 Mar, 9 Oct 1923).
- 1924: Evening Express (LA) 1 May 1924 "Prof. Larkin is very ill"; Stockton Independent 12 Oct 1924 obituary.
Bearing
- Priority 1/4: the 1903 lecture to the Southern California Academy of Sciences (Astronomical Section) is a second presentation of the book's content to a scientific audience; its report (LA Herald 17 Feb 1903) may record questions or discussion. Not opened (time).
- Priority 2: William H. Knight (Los Angeles; a founder of the Southern California Academy of Sciences [memory: low]) read the manuscript before publication: a named pre-publication reviewer.
- The San Francisco Examiner (Feb-Aug 1902), where the book first ran, is not in CDNC's list of titles hit here; its 1902 run remains to be found.