| Description | Correspondence with A. Vibert Douglas [1894-1988, astronomer].
/1 Letter from A. Vibert Douglas to Oliver Lodge, written from McGill University, Montreal, dated 1 October 1924. Douglas thanks Lodge for sending a copy of his article 'A Philosopher on Relativity'. She writes about Dr Silberstein's determination of R, which she used in her article 'Measuring the Universe'. She reminisces about hearing Lodge speak at Cambridge.
/2 Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge to A. Vibert Douglas, dated 13 October 1924. Lodge discusses Silberstein's estimate of R, and De Sitter's idea 'that a spurious Doppler Effect can be given by mere distance'. He is interested in the work of young mathematical physicists though it differs from 'the old school of dynamics'. He writes: 'Meanwhile my business is to cling to the Ether as a sheet-anchor, and to urge the younger men to try to work out the dynamics of the Ether'. |