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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

Identifier

GFF 2/23

Subject

Perry, John, 1850-1920.
Glazebrook, Richard, 1854-1935.
Thomson, J. J.1856-1940.1856-1940.
British Association for the Advancement of Science.

Description

Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge, to George F. Fitzgerald, without date. Lodge is writing to arrange a meeting of the British Association of the Advancement of Science. He also discusses Michelson and Morley's experiment to detect the relative motion of matter. 2pp.

Transcription:
"Φ
Delighted to hear you will be at Perrys. Hope he will get his shop locked before I come. I don't come until Wed every.
I will fix the BA meeting on Fri 8th at 3pm if possible at [A?] St. But I am 1st writing to ask Glazebrook if that will do for him. He rather wants Thursday. What hour on Thursday is your brand of [G?].
I have very carefully gone into Michelson and Morley's theory, working it for any obliquity - not only for 0° and 90°. And after many [m?] and much scepticism have reluctantly come to the conclusion that they are right (it by no means follows that they are, though). [Sliding?] motion doesn't alter result of comm but it lengthens the path. Cosine-wise. Rays, always rays, when direction has to be considered. Yes a departure from French law has its consequences, all contrary to experiment, unless ether near earth is [?] stagnant.
There are ad lib of 4ps which require either French Law or Stagnation and M&M requires the last. But then I haven't been through the exps and things with JJT in my mind yet. Instead to when I've time. But wait for my spinning disk exp and see what that says!!!
Λ "

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 11, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/1285.

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