| Description | Larmor's improvements are most valuable. With reference to appendix K, Lodge is inclined to omit it altogether. He suggests a form of words for the preface, acknowledging Larmor's theoretical work referred to in appendix M, on the constitution of electrons.He has not had time to go through it all yet, but he sees Larmor's drift in his additions. He gathers that Larmor does not care for the book much, but it is not written for Cambridge mathematicians, but for physicists and engineers in general and he does not want it to be half unreadable. In a postscript, he writes that it would be a good thing if Larmor could reprint and publish his collected papers, with introductory and explanatory text, since it is easy to miss important points. Lodge thinks it not enough to state what is correct, but state and oppose other views. Doubt and contriversy can be employe as introduction, and cleared up at the end. Some ideas are difficult, although they appear simple to Larmor. |