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RefNoMS/603/7/234
Previous numbers1264
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TitleLetter from O J L [Oliver Joseph Lodge], The University, Birmingham, to [Joseph] Larmor
CreatorLodge; Sir Oliver Joseph (1851-1940); British physicist
RecipientLarmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist
Date21 September 1901
DescriptionIt is reported in 'The Electrician' that Larmor stood up for [Victor] Cremieu but Lodge supposes the report to be incorrect. He thinks that Cremieu should be 'pitched in to, for presuming that he has upset the foundations by so flimsy a set of experiments'. They are so badly described that Lodge cannot make out what is being done. As Cremieu himself admits, it is possible to point out some defect in each experiment, and Lodge thinks it barely credible that he has received so much attention. Section A [of the British Association] was spoiled by bad arrangement, preposterous that Larmor and [William Mitchinson] Hicks should appear at the end of Tuesday. Lodge thinks Hicks is right although he has not seen his paper; if there is a loophole then the nice deduction of Fitzgerald and Lorentz breaks down. He queries how Larmor regards the motion of the electron.
Extent4p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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NA8070Lodge; Sir; Oliver Joseph (1851 - 1940); physicist1851 - 1940
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