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

Title

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

Date

1893

Identifier

GFF 2/30

Subject

Carbon disulfide.
Ultraviolet radiation.

Description

Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 16 March 1893. The handwriting is largely illegible after the first page, and includes several diagrams. Lodge discusses his experiment using a prism, light and nicol. 3pp.

Transcription of first page:
"M d Φ
I lately got Hilger to make me a Quartz 60° prism for some ultra-violet exps. But I have to amuse myself with putting it together so as to make a [F?] prism of it and trying for those lateral pair of interfering forces seen with a li prism and [B?] due to the R and L circular light using an analysis of course. I got them all right, but I find the li prism is unnecessary to show interference when [arrow] and [arrow] says for the [F?] prism."

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

“[Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from Sir Oliver Lodge],,” RDS Digital Archive, accessed July 18, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/1291.

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