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RefNoMS/603/3/65
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TitlePostcard from Geo Fras [George Francis] Fitzgerald, Trin Coll Dub [Trinity College Dublin], to Joseph Larmor, St John's College, Cambridge
CreatorFitzGerald; George Francis (1851-1901); Irish theoretical physicist
RecipientLarmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist
Date10 January 1895
DescriptionFitzgerald poses three brief questions for Larmor: commencing by asking about the mechanism for warming chlorine by radiation without interchange of energy, continuing with how there can be none if electrical foces move matter, and finally why Maxwell equal distribution is not set up.
Extent2p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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