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MS - Manuscripts General
- 603 - Correspondence of Sir Joseph Larmor, theoretical physicist and Physical Secretary of the Royal Society
  - 12 - Letters and notes by Sir Joseph Larmor

RefNo	MS/603/12/6
Previous numbers	2124
Level	Item
Title	Letter from J [Joseph] Larmor, St John's College, Cambridge, to [George Francis] Fitzgerald
Creator	Larmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist
Recipient	Fitzgerald; George Francis (1851-1901); Irish physicist
Date	27 February 1894
Description	Larmor is fortunate to be in the hands of such a considerate critic and he thanks Fitzegerald for his remarks [on the 'Dyanamical theory of the electric and luminiferous medium']. Larmor discusses these various point, including: terminology for stress in the medium, ripples or wavelets, surface traction of the conductor on the dielectric, resistance, and many other topics raised within his paper. He notes that 'Lord Kelvin threw at my head at the meeting that two vortex rings behave as equivalent magnets of which like poles attract', which Larmor had forgotten, being misled by [Gustav Robert] Kirchhoff. He has written out a long account which he hopes to incorporate, and he will send this to Fitzgerald if he will read it. He has in development what he considers was [James Clerk] Maxwell's point of view in his equations of the electric field, suggested by the last chapter in J.J. [Joseph John] Thomson's new book, which Larmor thinks is inadequate. He notes various scientists responses, 'but they all dry up when the interest would begin'.
Extent	15p.
Format	Manuscript
PhysicalDescription	Ink on paper
AccessStatus	Open

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