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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

1892

Identifier

GFF 2/39

Subject

British Association for the Advancement of Science.
Refraction.
Comets.

Description

Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 1892. Lodge discusses scientific ideas regarding light, dust particles, reflexion and absorption. 1p.

Transcription:
"M d Φ
Thanks for papers. They are cut off.
I interfolded a paper on Light repulsion at Cardiff giving [?] a bright dust particle [?] for which suns light repulsion would overbalance its gravitation attraction.
Reflexion is better than absorption. I did not know you had done it all in 1882. But the dust particle is much bigger than a molecule. I forgot the result, but the pressure is about 100 microdynes per square centimetre at Earth's distance. (on Langhry's estimate of nodiation rec).
Many thanks for papers. I wish you had sent me them all long ago. Have you no more now?
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/1298.

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