| Description | Correspondence with J. Arthur Hill [1872-1951, psychical researcher and writer].
/1 Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge to J. A. Hill, written from Normanton, dated 11 January 1924. Lodge writes that he has received several letters of appreciation about his Observer article, including one from Colonel Crompton. He remembers Colonel Crompton and the early days of electric lighting. He was interested to find that the coherer is still used for controlling ships and planes from a distance.
/2 Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge to J. A. Hill, written from Normanton, Salisbury, dated 14 November 1924. Lodge writes that his father was a merchant and commission agent for potters' materials and describes the family business. He writes about his family's finances and his father's attitude to work and money.
/3 Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge to J. A. Hill, written from Normanton, Salisbury, dated 15 April 1925. Lodge sends information about how soon life appeared on Earth after the planet's formation.
/4 Letter from J. A. Hill to Oliver Lodge, written from Claremont, Thornton, Bradford, dated 6 April 1927. Hill has ordered Dr Murray's 'The Hereafter and the Undying Hope' on Lodge's recommendation. He discusses Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, having read about Lodge's music lectures.
/5 Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge to J. A. Hill, dated 7 April 1927. Lodge discusses the music of Beethoven. He comments: 'My own attempts in the direction of feeling the majesty of the universe are those connected with the ether [...] It contains the mystery of life and death, and I expect of love too; but all these things are beyond me'.
/6 Letter from J. A. Hill to Oliver Lodge, written from Claremont, Thornton, Bradford, dated 11 February 1932. With envelope. Hill praises Lodge's wireless talk. |