| Description | Correspondence from George Francis Fitzgerald [1851-1901, physicist].
/1 Letter [from G. F. Fitzgerald to Oliver Lodge], written from Trinity College, Dublin, dated 1 May 1894. Fitzgerald describes his attempts to make a sound receiver using a needlepoint on a metal plate. He plans to investigate his theory about waves going round the ends of conductors.
/1a Photograph of Oliver Lodge, G. F. Fitzgerald, and an unidentified man and woman in a sitting room. The photograph is undated but appears to be from c1880s
/2 Postcard [from G. F. Fitzgerald to Oliver Lodge], written from Trinity College, Dublin, dated 4 May 1894. Fitzgerald sends further information about waves going round the ends of conductors.
/3 Letter from G. F. Fitzgerald to Oliver Lodge, written from Rockmount, Howth, Co. Dublin, undated. Fitzgerald writes at length to criticise Lodge's model ether and explain his own model. He wishes he had time and patience to attack Sir William T[homson]'s vortex filament theory. He complains that Pendred, who has been writing leading articles in The Engineer, has no understanding of thermodynamics. (Pages 2 and 3 of this letter are photocopies only). |