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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

Identifier

GFF 2/57

Subject

Argon.

Description

Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge to George F. Fitzgerald, without a date. Lodge writes from his bed as he is unwell. He discusses elements. 1p.

Transcription:
"M d Φ
I am lying in bed with a mild dose of influenza and enjoying your kind letter on Argon. I did not realise you meant to separate PtOsIr from the other two groups, PdRuRh and FcCoNi but otherwise your proposal is the same as mine only I called it making another VIII row and you called it doubling the VIII row into 2 sets. There is an orthodox gap between the Pd and the Pt group but I don't see that it works well to consider them as belonging to different series. I am surprised at all the faith you have in the A. Progression relations but the idea is interesting. I am reading [O?] book at last. It's nice and easy. I was rather bad yesterday and have had nothing to eat since Saturday midday till this evening. Shall be about again soon.
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/1316.

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