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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)OJL/1/136
TitleSir Arthur Eddington
Extent3 items
Date1925-1927
Description/1 Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge to Arthur Eddington, dated 5 November 1925. Lodge comments on Eddington's proof chapter. He disagrees with Eddington's emphasis on 'pointer-readings', arguing that 'the measurement of things is artificial [...] it is by over-emphasis on measurement that the human aspect of the universe is sometimes thought to dominate and to be the only Reality'. He concludes by saying that he is in sympathy with Eddington's 'main Monistic attempt'.

/2 Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge to Arthur Eddington, dated 26 September 1925. Lodge asks for comments on his draft article on Ether for the Encyclopedia Britannica, particularly with regards to Relativity, writing that he wishes to avoid an 'ignorant blunder'.

/3 Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge to Arthur Eddington, dated 18 July 1927. Lodge praises Eddington's work on the Constitution of Stars. He speculates about the nature of atoms scattered in space and asks for Eddington's opinion. He makes detailed comments on Eddington's assumption that energy has weight.
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