| Description | /1 Letter from G. Strömberg to Oliver Lodge, written from Pasadena, California, dated 24 July 1924, with envelope. Strömberg sends a copy of his paper 'The Asymmetry in Stellar Motions and the Existence of a Velocity-Restriction in Space'. He believes the fundamental reference frame in which velocity-restriction occurs is the 'classical ether' and discusses possible interaction between the stars and the ether.
/2 Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge to G. Strömberg, dated 23 August 1924. Lodge writes that he would be very interested to read Strömberg's paper but it has not arrived.
/3 Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge to G. Strömberg, dated 24 September 1924. Lodge responds to Strömberg's paper ['The Asymmetry in Stellar Motions and the Existence of a Velocity-Restriction in Space'], commenting that the De Sitter shift of spectral lines due to distance is a remarkable idea.
/4 Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge to G. Strömberg, dated 22 December 1924. Lodge comments on Strömberg's papers on the motion of stars. He sends two papers of his own in return.
/5 Letter from G. Strömberg to Oliver Lodge, written from Pasadena, California, dated 21 July 1925. Strömberg sends a copy of the Astrophysical Journal containing articles on the non-existence of the De Sitter shift, cosmic velocities and the asymmetry in stellar motions. He writes that Professor D. C. Miller is repeating Michelson-Morley's experiment and finds that the ether-wind has a nearly constant direction in space which coincides with the velocity of the solar system deduced by Strömberg's study.
/6 Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge to G. Strömberg, dated 25 August 1925. Lodge is in sympathy with Strömberg's finding that the De Sitter shift due to distance is not a reality. He comments on the apparent speed of the ether-wind. |