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RefNoMS/603/7/239
Previous numbers1269
LevelItem
TitleLetter from O J L [Oliver Joseph Lodge], Mariemont, Edgbaston, to [Joseph] Larmor
CreatorLodge; Sir Oliver Joseph (1851-1940); British physicist
RecipientLarmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist
Date7 October 1903
DescriptionHe asked [John Henry] Poynting about radiation and zodiacal light and he told Lodge the gist of it, which he thought 'a good & valid thing'. Lodge should have spotted it when doing other work, and he believes that Poynting should have communicated it to the British Association; Poynting says that 'it was taken as read' at the Royal Society. Lodge thinks it is like 'the piling of a condensed wave of air in front of a bullet', before changing his mind about the analogy.
Extent1p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8070Lodge; Sir; Oliver Joseph (1851 - 1940); physicist1851 - 1940
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