| RefNo | MS/603/7/207 |
| Previous numbers | 1237 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from O J L [Oliver Joseph Lodge], Grand Hotel, Eastbourne, to [Joseph] Larmor |
| Creator | Lodge; Sir Oliver Joseph (1851-1940); British physicist |
| Recipient | Larmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist |
| Date | 2 April 1895 |
| Description | Larmor's news is interesting: Fitzgerald first suggested change of size due to motion as the reconcilement of Michelson, and now Larmor has found there ought to be a change of size. He had heard from Fitzgerald that Larmor thought things would be worked out by electrons, but Larmor speaks of them as if they were atoms of matter. Lodge did not expect them to have mass, and thinks he does not understand, not yet having read Larmor's Royal Society paper. Larmor was hankering after an Ampere tension in the direction of an electric current; Lodge and Fitzgerald have tried experiments, and Lodge describes his. The positive result is against the existence of an Ampere tension in the line of current. He has been contemplating a more elaborate attack on Larmor's magnetic flow if he thinks that a magnetic flow in air exists, an aether stream along magnetic lines in space. He describes what might be necessary. He wonders if Larmor's electrons would attract by Bjerkren pulsations. |
| Extent | 6p. |
| 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 |