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[Letter to George F. FitzGerald from Thomas R. Lyle],

Title

[Letter to George F. FitzGerald from Thomas R. Lyle],

Creator

Lyle, Thomas R.

Date

1898

Identifier

GFF 20/6

Subject

Physics
Galvanometer.
Electricity.

Description

Handwritten letter from Thomas R. Lyle, The University of Melbourne, to George F. Fitzgerald, dated September 13th 1898. 2pp.

Transcription:
Dear Mr. Fitzgerald
I was very pleased to hear from you that you thought my paper of some use. I sent by a mail or so after the full paper, a few pages additional containing some more examples, one of which I thought well worth adding [?] that on the transformer where hysteresis [?] are all considered.
The principle in method in the paper will enable anyone who has grasped it to transform all the quantitative relations relating to measurements and comparisons where a [?] method with a galvanometer is used for steady currents to the corresponding relations for alternating currents, when a telephone would take the place of a galvanometer.
[diagram and detailed equations follow]
Is it worthwhile writing a paper about these kind of illustrations of the method with experimental details of trials results or is is a mistake to ride the idea to death?
Very many thanks for the trouble you have taken about the publishing of the paper. I don't mind where it appears as long as it may be read by those people to whom it may be of use.
yours very sincerely,
Thomas R. Lyle

Source

RDS Library & Archives GFF collection of letters

Contributor

Fitzgerald, George Francis, 1851-1901

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

Lyle, Thomas R., “[Letter to George F. FitzGerald from Thomas R. Lyle],,” RDS Digital Archive, accessed June 13, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/1394.

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