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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)OJL/1/444
TitleMiss Margaret Wilson
Extent2 items
Date1927
Description/1 Manuscript letter from Margaret Wilson to Oliver Lodge, written from 138 Highgatem Kendal, Westmorland, 16 October 1927. Wilson writes to ask Lodge a question about the length of time that elapses between the occurence of a solar eclipse, and the perception of it on Earth, which has caused arguments between her and her brother.

/2 Copy of typescript letter from Oliver Lodge to Margaret Wilson, 25 October 1927. Lodge replies to Wilson's 'amusing' query - clarifying that the time delay is approximately a second and a quarter.
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