Skip to main content
RDS Digital Archive
Search using this query type:

Search only these record types:


Advanced Search (Items only)

  • Collections
  • Exhibitions
  • Blog Series
    • RDS Celebrates 100 Years at its Ballsbridge Headquarters
    • Dublin Horse Show Collection
    • From Dublin to the Nile: Lawrence E. Steele's Life and Legacy
    • The Letters of George Francis Fitzgerald
    • John Tyndall: The "Xcentric" Irish Scientist
    • Signatures and Sonatas: An Exploration of the RDS Concert Archive
    • Ads, Articles and Aristocrats: The Dublin Horse Show Annuals
  • RDS Foundation Timeline
  • Online Catalogue
  • Privacy
  • Guide to Searching
  • ← Previous Item
  • Next Item →

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

1893

Identifier

GFF 2/44

Subject

Hertz, Heinrich, 1857-1894.
University of Manchester.
Nasal polyps.
Ozone.
Science

Description

Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge, 2 Grove Park, Liverpool, to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 9 October 1893. Lodge encourages Fitzgerald to be an external examiner at the Victoria University of Manchester, and he notes that he has some nasal polyps. 2pp.

Transcription:
"M d Φ
Will you please indicate you're willingness to the Victoria University to be External Examiner in Physics provided an [adequate?] arrangement be made about travel expenses. I'm anxious to get you, and they do allow [?] for travelling and money for distant ones. I see no reason why they shouldn't pay you the whole if you can. They have plenty of cash. Write then at once. The [r?] vector is manifesting.
Λ
Oddly enough I have been having small nasal polyps removed, same as Hertz. Word is it's ozone. Modestly painful [b?] but not incapacitating. Lecture last week and another today. Not enough to need ether.
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 19, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/1304.

Output Formats

  • atom
  • dcmes-xml
  • json
  • omeka-xml

Proudly powered by Omeka.