| RefNo | MS/603/12/10 |
| Previous numbers | 2128 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from J [Joseph] Larmor, Academical Institution, Londonderry, to [George Francis] Fitzgerald |
| Creator | Larmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist |
| Recipient | Fitzgerald; George Francis (1851-1901); Irish physicist |
| Date | 2 April 1894 |
| Description | Fitzgerald's welcome critique has reached him and he sends a detailed reply under the several heads [not present]. Larmor has capitulated on several points, but wishes to maintain his stance on others. Under head 2, he did not examine it as well as he should, since [Augustus Edward Hough] Love passed it without demur. He quotes Kelvin on the relationship between magnetism and heat, Larmor amending it to magnetism 'is the co-ordinated part of the vortex motion of the atoms which constitutes the internal energy of the substance'; each view uis assigned with as much reason. The part about inertia in his manuscript is shaky. Everett has told him that the mode of building up a gyrostatic rotational medium is misleading, and Larmor thinks it ambiguous. Larmor would like Fitzgerald to scribble on the notes and return them. His interest in the theory is not what it was, but he is pleased that he has enabled Love, 'a tremendous analyst', to work out problems in the subject. |
| Extent | 4p. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7894 | Larmor; Sir; Joseph (1857 - 1942); theoretical physicist | 1857 - 1942 |