[Letter to George F. FitzGerald from Thomas R. Lyle],
Title
[Letter to George F. FitzGerald from Thomas R. Lyle],
Creator
Date
Identifier
GFF 20/4
Description
A handwritten letter from Thomas R. Lyle, The University of Melbourne, to George F. Fitzgerald, dated June 27, 1898. The letter discusses the work of Lyle on alternating currents and transformers, and his difficulties keeping up to date with his field from Melbourne. 2pp.
Transcription:
Dear Mr Fitzgerald
I am sending you a couple additional examples to add to the paper on alternating currents, if you think it is suitable for publication, also a short addition to be made to the example of paper I already sent.
The general treatment of the transformer which is enclosed is as far as I know new, but being out of the world practically here I cannot tell with certainty and I won't be much surprised if I hear from you that all the work in the papers I have sent you has been already done by someone else.
I feel that I am giving you far too much bother with these things but I don't know anyone else whose advice I could ask. I am so much in your debt already that this won't make a vert large relative increase.
Yours very sincerely
Thomas R. Lyle
Transcription:
Dear Mr Fitzgerald
I am sending you a couple additional examples to add to the paper on alternating currents, if you think it is suitable for publication, also a short addition to be made to the example of paper I already sent.
The general treatment of the transformer which is enclosed is as far as I know new, but being out of the world practically here I cannot tell with certainty and I won't be much surprised if I hear from you that all the work in the papers I have sent you has been already done by someone else.
I feel that I am giving you far too much bother with these things but I don't know anyone else whose advice I could ask. I am so much in your debt already that this won't make a vert large relative increase.
Yours very sincerely
Thomas R. Lyle
Source
RDS Library & Archives GFF collection of letters
Contributor
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
Lyle, Thomas R. 1860-1944, “[Letter to George F. FitzGerald from Thomas R. Lyle],,” RDS Digital Archive, accessed June 13, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/1391.