https://library.rds.ie/files/11-41.pdf
Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 5 January 1899. Preston writes from Grand Central Hotel, Belfast. Preston writes that he has sent the first proof of his article to Philosophy magazine. He describes the notes he…
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https://library.rds.ie/files/11-35.pdf
Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald dated 24 November 1897. Preston writes from the Imperial Hotel, Waterford. He thanks Fitzgerald for his suggestions. He writes that he has sent three small plates and a short letter to…
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https://library.rds.ie/files/11-34.pdf
Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 2 January 1898. Preston wrote from his home in Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. He thanks Fitzgerald for his letter and reference to a paper by Lorentz [Hendrik…
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https://library.rds.ie/files/11-32.pdf
Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 4 January 1898. Preston wrote from his home in Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. He describes a successful experiment involving pieces of wire enclosed in and…
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https://library.rds.ie/files/11-30.pdf
Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, written on 6 February 1898. He thanked Fitzgerald for sending him a card which contained information about the Bismuth Spiral. He writes that he has sent the negatives to Philosophy…
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https://library.rds.ie/files/11-29.pdf
Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, written on 15 March 1898 from the Club House Hotel, County Kilkenny. He writes that he is sending the Astro Physics paper to the College for Fitzgerald to read. Preston read…
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https://library.rds.ie/files/11-28.pdf
Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, written on 13 February 1899 [location not printed]. Preston writes about a scientific paper by Becquerel [probably referring to Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel, a French physicist], which…
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https://library.rds.ie/files/11-26.pdf
Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, written on 25 June 1898, on paper, from his home in Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. He writes about his plans to use iron in experiments about the Zeeman effect when he…
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https://library.rds.ie/files/11-24.pdf
Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, written on [18?] November 1898, on paper from his home in Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. He writes that he looked up the Astro Physics Journal and found a photograph. He…
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https://library.rds.ie/files/11-21.pdf
Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, written on 24 November 1898, on paper from his home in Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. He writes that he has successfully replaced the quartz lens with a glass lens,…
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https://library.rds.ie/files/11-2.pdf
Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, written from Tilbrush, Smith’s Hotel, and dated 24 April 1896. Preston addresses his “objections” about a scientific theory he had discussed. He discusses the effects of…
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https://library.rds.ie/files/11-15.pdf
Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald. Preston writes from the Inns of Court Hotel Limited, London [entrances: High Hilborn and Lincoln’s End Fields]. He thanks Fitzgerald for his help and sympathy during their “great…
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https://library.rds.ie/files/11-12.pdf
Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, written from Skibbereen, County Cork and dated 18 March 1896. He writes about hypothetical scientific experiments, spectrum analysis, ether, and calculations. He describes experimental…
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