| RefNo | MS/603/3/63 |
| Previous numbers | 462 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Geo Fras [George Francis] Fitzgerald, St Lawrence Lodge, Sutton, to [Joseph] Larmor |
| Creator | FitzGerald; George Francis (1851-1901); Irish theoretical physicist |
| Recipient | Larmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist |
| Date | 20 July 1894 |
| Description | He certainly intended to say that the only steady state for an oscillating system would be one where all space is filled with stationary waves. This is like Karl Pearson's gravitational system and may require that all elements vibrate in the same period and plane, but this is not impossible, he thinks. Fitzgerald has not been able to invent an alternative vibrating steady state. He is not enamoured of the suggestion and thinks that by weighting electrons with matter or by making them small enough, it would be a more hopeful line. He refers to the recent work of [Heinrich] Kayser and [Carl] Runge and was sorry to hear of [Hermann von] Helmhotz's illness. In a postscript, Fitzgerald returns to his criticism of Larmor's Hall effect calculation, concluding 'Have you considered whether a perfectly deformable conductor would not behave as a vortex ring and not as an ordinary conductor?' |
| Extent | 3p. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |