Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from Sir Oliver Lodge
Title
Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from Sir Oliver Lodge
Creator
Date
Identifier
GFF 2/54
Subject
Description
Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge, 2 Grove Park, Liverpool, to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 6 January 1895. Lodge discusses a hypothesis that both Fitzgerald and F.W.H. Myers came up with. 1p.
Transcription:
"M d Φ
It is very interesting that you [?] have hit upon the same hypothesis that Myers has been working out for some time now. The sorting demons can do nearly all the observed trials, and that is what has seemed to us the most likely direction for [g?] after a theory. I shall send your letter on to Myers and perhaps he may send you his own crude attempts in that direction. He will be much pleased that the idea has struck a [p?] after even so small acquaintance with the phenomena.
Λ"
Transcription:
"M d Φ
It is very interesting that you [?] have hit upon the same hypothesis that Myers has been working out for some time now. The sorting demons can do nearly all the observed trials, and that is what has seemed to us the most likely direction for [g?] after a theory. I shall send your letter on to Myers and perhaps he may send you his own crude attempts in that direction. He will be much pleased that the idea has struck a [p?] after even so small acquaintance with the phenomena.
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
Collection
Citation
Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940, “Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from Sir Oliver Lodge,” RDS Digital Archive, accessed December 5, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/1313.