| Description | /1 Copy of typescript letter to Alfred Yarrow from Oliver Lodge, 28 February 1925. Lodge praises Yarrow for his donation of towards some scientific research apparatus to the Royal Society, which he believes will greatly benefit future students of science. He also discusses the inevitability of failure in the scientific research method, and how impressed he is with the enthusiasm of young scientists. Lodge ends with telling Yarrow that he will be delivering a lecture at the National Physical Laboratory on the Problems of Research in Pure Physics on 14 March, and commenting that teaching is an essential part of an institution's research. |