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

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Title

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

Date

Identifier

GFF 2/39

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

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

Coverage

1870-1901

Citation

Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940, “[Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from Sir Oliver Lodge],,” RDS, accessed October 8, 2024, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/1298.

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