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RefNoMS/603/3/83
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TitleLetter from Geo Fras [George Francis] Fitzgerald, Trin Coll Dub [Trinity College, Dublin], to [Joseph] Larmor
CreatorFitzGerald; George Francis (1851-1901); Irish theoretical physicist
RecipientLarmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist
Date18 March 1895
DescriptionFitzgerald had not appreciated Larmor's investigations on 'T' as only looking for a method of calculating the effect on 'a bevy of electrons'. He was so convinced that current was a flow of electrons that he had not thought it worthwhile proving. He thinks that Larmor goes beyond [James Clerk] Maxwell by investigating the connection of a system after the manner of Lagrangean methods, which Maxwell passes over. He does not understand why Larmor takes so much interest in the experiment tried by Fitzgerald as Larmor and Ampere now agree. In the returned paper, the force on the moving electron depends upon the curl of the vector potential. Fitzgerald believes that Larmor thinks the experiment will be for him and against Maxwell; Fitzgerald notes several points about the experiment, concluding with a postscript on [Oliver] Heaviside.
Extent4p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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CodePersonNameDates
NA7971Fitzgerald; George Francis (1851 - 1901)1851 - 1901
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