| Description | Correspondence from D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson [1860-1948, zoologist and classical scholar] with copies of Lodge's replies.
/1 Letter from D'Arcy W. Thompson to Oliver Lodge, written from St Andrews, dated 31 October 1923. Thompson thanks Lodge for sending a paper by Yermoloff, with whom he corresponded last year. He adds that he thinks he has discovered something new about Archimede's 13 semi-regular solids.
/2 Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge to D'Arcy Thomspon, dated 23 January 1929. Lodge thanks Thompson for sending his paper on Ancient Arithmetic. He proposes to send the paper to his brother at Oxford. He discusses the definition of a number, distinguishing between counting and measuring.
/3 Letter from D'Arcy W. Thompson to Oliver Lodge, written from St Andrews, dated 27 January 1929. Thompson writes about Greek arithmetic and geometry.
/4 Letter from D'Arcy W. Thompson to Oliver Lodge, written from St Andrews, Fife, dated 13 December 1931, with envelope. Thompson writes that Lodge was correct about 'the double cut in the paper band'.
/5 Letter from D'Arcy W. Thompson to Oliver Lodge, written from St Andrews, dated 15 October 1931. Originally stored in envelope with item /4. Thompson sends a quotation from Aratus (which he translates as 'We know not all God's secrets yet, but many a one lies hid') in response to Lodge's remarks on Jeans.
/6 Letter from D'Arcy W. Thompson to Oliver Lodge, written from the University, St Andrews, dated 12 November 1939. Thompson writes that it was a great pleasure to see Lodge's article in the Observer. He comments on the conduct of the war and the role of the United States.
/7 Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge to D'Arcy Thompson, dated 15 November 1939. Lodge encourages Thompson to write to the Times about the conduct of the war. |