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[Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from Sir Oliver Lodge],

Title

[Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from Sir Oliver Lodge],

Creator

Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940

Date

1898

Identifier

GFF 2/19

Subject

RDS Library & Archives GFF collection of letters

Description

Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge, 2 Grove Park, Liverpool, to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 8 February 1898. Lodge discusses his journey home from an event on the previous Sunday. 2pp.

Transcription:
"M d Φ
Back again after Sunday adventures. I found there was no train on from Cherte on Monday am so I night at Holyhead and went on the Day Mail to Leicester via rugby getting there about 6pm. Unfortunately my Telegram written on Saturday evening at Trin 6th and taken charge of by Mr Dixon was never sent. I suppose the gate's porter did not take it. Consequently my wife was rampaging about all Sunday night after 3:30am thinking I was lost at sea. The telegram told her I should probably go direct to Leicester without passing through Liverpool but she never got it. I ought to have taken it myself to the office. It is always the safest plan. The passage was sufficiently quiet. You spent a lot of time and trouble on my visit. I wish I had given a letter [?] that Dublin Physicists would be present. I did not think of this possibility in time.
From,
Λ"

Contributor

Fitzgerald, George Francis, 1851-1901. Correspondent

Rights

Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.

Relation

RDS Science Archive

Format

Manuscript

Language

English

Type

Text

Coverage

1870-1901

Collection

George Francis Fitzgerald Letters

Citation

Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940, “[Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from Sir Oliver Lodge],,” RDS Digital Archive, accessed July 18, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/1281.

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