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RefNoMS/603/7/295
Previous numbers1323
LevelItem
TitleLetter from O J L [Oliver Joseph Lodge], Normanton House, Lake, near Salisbury, to [Joseph] Larmor
CreatorLodge; Sir Oliver Joseph (1851-1940); British physicist
RecipientLarmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist
Date8 June 1925
DescriptionHe thanks Larmor for a reference. He is sure that 'the vortex business' will come to the fore some day and he is enamoured of M.J.M. [Micaiah John Muller] Hill's spherical vortex and the possibility of it representing an electron. One difficulty is that it has to progress at a rate dependign upon its vorticity, but 'in these days of quanta one ought not to be deterred from pursuing anything or be too squeamish about stability'. These can be 'dodged' he thinks. In speaking with Hill, there was another difficulty, that of no circulation in the outer sheath along the line of longitude, but Lodge thinks this all to the better, giving his reasons. He has urged Hill to take the matter up again.
Extent3p.
FormatTypescript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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