| RefNo | MS/603/3/44 |
| Previous numbers | 443 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Geo Fras [George Francis] Fitzgerald, Trinity College, Dublin, to [Joseph] Larmor |
| Creator | FitzGerald; George Francis (1851-1901); Irish theoretical physicist |
| Recipient | Larmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist |
| Date | 27 February 1894 |
| Description | Larmor's Royal Society paper ['A dynamical theory of the electric and luminiferous medium'] has been referrred to Fitzgerald and he has Lord Rayleigh's leave to correspond directly about it. He is too busy to read it in anything but installments and he asks forgiceness if he says idiotic things. He refers to p.47 and queries what Larmor means in discussing mechanical stress and asks if the system would require the structure of aether to be of finite size. He does not follow what Larmor means by ripples on pages 48 and 56 and he has questions about the surface forces on the matter referred to on pages 56 and 72. He notes some assumptions made by Larmor and lists queries for pages 58, 61, 92A and finally 62, in discussing [Henry] Rowland's experiment. |
| Extent | 8p. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7971 | Fitzgerald; George Francis (1851 - 1901) | 1851 - 1901 |