| RefNo | MS/603/7/236 |
| Previous numbers | 1266 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from O J L [Oliver Joseph Lodge], The University, Birmingham, to [Joseph] Larmor |
| Creator | Lodge; Sir Oliver Joseph (1851-1940); British physicist |
| Recipient | Larmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist |
| Date | 28 November 1901 |
| Description | He is glad to have a new letter from Larmor. Lodge thinks that 'one way of putting your contention was to say that is a condenser were normal to the aether drift, all its energy was electrostatic, and that it could not be turned into a parallel position without generating electromagnetic energy, that is to say not without torque'. He expands upon this point, noting that he had no wish to argue against the 'F.L. [Fitzgerald-Larmor] effect, which he believes in, but it requires proof to be flawless. He thinks that Larmor should try the experiment if it can be made sufficiently sensitive. There may be a question over a null result is not due the the effect being too small to observe, which explains [Victor] Cremieu's failure. |
| Extent | 4p. |
| 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 |