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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

1891

Identifier

GFF 2/2

Subject

British Association for the Advancement of Science.
Electrolysis.
Universities and colleges

Description

Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge, 21 Waverly Road, Liverpool, to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 28 May 1891. Lodge discusses an report on Electrolysis and meetings of the British Association for the Advancement of Studies. 1p.

"Transcription:
I expect to be in London on 12 June and can therefore [l?] [M?] on that day.
M d Φ
The Electrolysis Report will not be ready before the Cardiff meeting (Griffith knows this for he [p?] probably) and it will be short. The fact is I have too much of other work on hand just now and intent to resign the Secretaryship of Cardiff. My idea is that a few years lapse will be [?] then to a good start later when [?] has been done. You can report that I am responsible for it and if you don't mind it may be well to draw the money to cover some [s?] expenses in circulars arising at Leeds meeting which have been incurred. The excess can be repaid later.
Yours,
OL"

Source

RDS Library & Archives GFF collection of letters

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/1282.

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