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RefNoMS/603/3/98
Previous numbers497
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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
Date27 November 1897
DescriptionFitzgerald was glad that Larmor thought [Pieter] Zeeman unintelligible, as he had not fully apprehended the full force of Zeeman's position. He has still not looked up the paper. Fitzgerald thinks that Larmor's criticism on the disturbances of orbits would not apply to the purely harmonic. [Thomas] Preston's fourth page is unintelligible, as it refers to a conversation with Fitzgerald. He comments of the orbit of electrons, the forces on them, and disturbances in their motion. In judging [Thomas] Preston's photograph, he thinks the lines of the triplet are at least as sharply defined as the original line, with caveats.
Extent4p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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