Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from Sir Oliver Lodge
Title
Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from Sir Oliver Lodge
Creator
Date
Identifier
GFF 2/63
Subject
Description
Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge, Victoria University, Liverpool, to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 21 January 1896. Lodge writes about prints he made of different experiments involving magnets. 1p.
Transcription:
"M d Φ
I send a few hasty prints but the day has been foggy and they are not good. One is a magnet close to a sensitive plate. Another is a magnet on wire gauze with the plate on the other side the magnet and other are pieces of wire gauze with an aluminium electrometer needle lying in the middle [?]. Another is some coins [1st success]. All are taken through 1/4 inch of wood [?] the floor of a box in which the things were placed. The source of radiation was outside the box. I also send, but only for a short time, 2 copies of Rontgens originals which Schuster had. Please return these 2 at once. I have to show them here. One is a compass box with its lid on. The other is a hand with a ring on the third finger.
Λ"
Transcription:
"M d Φ
I send a few hasty prints but the day has been foggy and they are not good. One is a magnet close to a sensitive plate. Another is a magnet on wire gauze with the plate on the other side the magnet and other are pieces of wire gauze with an aluminium electrometer needle lying in the middle [?]. Another is some coins [1st success]. All are taken through 1/4 inch of wood [?] the floor of a box in which the things were placed. The source of radiation was outside the box. I also send, but only for a short time, 2 copies of Rontgens originals which Schuster had. Please return these 2 at once. I have to show them here. One is a compass box with its lid on. The other is a hand with a ring on the third finger.
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 11, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/1323.