| RefNo | MS/603/7/203 |
| Previous numbers | 1233 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from O J [Oliver Joseph] Lodge, 2 Grove Park, Liverpool, to [Joseph] Larmor |
| Creator | Lodge; Sir Oliver Joseph (1851-1940); British physicist |
| Recipient | Larmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist |
| Date | 29 April 1894 |
| Description | He nearly wrote to say that his test for Larmor's theory was no good, as his flow along solenoid axes was irrotational and the time of the light journey would be unaffected, but then he recalled that the potential was a many valued one. He thinks that in a perfect fluid circulation or a many valued potential can be by motion of a solid. He wants to try spokes in his whirling machine, passing light over or under them looking for displacement flow of the fluid around the spoke; if it curls round or goes through. He talked it over with Fitzgerald, and relates his 'horrid suggestion' regarding the time of the light journey. Lodge thinks there will be circulation and asks Larmor if he knows whether it is possible to make circulation outside a solid by keeping it moving in a fluid without viscosity. He gives a second query about two cylinders with light between them and the best distance apart. |
| Extent | 2p. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8070 | Lodge; Sir; Oliver Joseph (1851 - 1940); physicist | 1851 - 1940 |