Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from Sir Oliver Lodge
Title
Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from Sir Oliver Lodge
Creator
Date
Identifier
GFF 2/55
Description
Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge, 2 Grove Park, Liverpool, to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 16 February 1895. Lodge discusses an abstract from the Royal Society and describes a theory about elements. 1p.
Transcription:
"M d Φ
Thanks for interesting abstract from the R.S. The suggestion is a woeful one and they are quite right to make them things into short papers. My remark about "Creeds being cheap today" was only a sarcasm against myself because in this card I had said several times that "I believed" this or that. As to the Argon I did not speak of a position in the ordering VIII front group, but of another place altogether, not supposed to be a gap with the atomic weights 38 82 and 130. (If it is to fill the Pt trial vacancy it ought to be 20 or 21 surely). About 2 percent of the heavy stuff would do, and the heavy stuff might be a gas, having no virial.
Yours Λ"
Transcription:
"M d Φ
Thanks for interesting abstract from the R.S. The suggestion is a woeful one and they are quite right to make them things into short papers. My remark about "Creeds being cheap today" was only a sarcasm against myself because in this card I had said several times that "I believed" this or that. As to the Argon I did not speak of a position in the ordering VIII front group, but of another place altogether, not supposed to be a gap with the atomic weights 38 82 and 130. (If it is to fill the Pt trial vacancy it ought to be 20 or 21 surely). About 2 percent of the heavy stuff would do, and the heavy stuff might be a gas, having no virial.
Yours 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 July 9, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/1314.