See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• OLIVER, ISAAC (c. 1566--1617)
• OLIVER, PETER (1594-1648)

OLIVER See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

JOSEPH See also:

• LODGE
• LODGE, EDMUND (1756-1839)
• LODGE, H
• LODGE, HENRY CABOT (1850– )
• SIR OLIVER JOSEPH LODGE (1851– )
• LODGE, THOMAS (c. 1558–1625)

LODGE (1851– )  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English physicist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Penkhull, See also:

• STAFFORDSHIRE

Staffordshire, on the 12th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1851, and was educated at See also:

• NEWPORT

Newport (Salop) See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school . He was intended for a business career, but being attracted to See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science he entered University See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• LONDON

London, in 1872, graduating D.Sc. at London University in 1877 . In 1875 he was appointed reader in natural See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy at See also:

• BEDFORD

Bedford College for See also:

• WOMEN

Women, and in 1879 he became assistant See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of applied See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics at University College, London . Two years later he was called to the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of physics in University College, See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool, where he remained till in 1900 he was chosen first See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal of the new See also:

• BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham University . He was knighted in 1902 . His See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• WORK

work includes investigations on See also:

• LIGHTNING

lightning, the seat of the electromotive force in the voltaic See also:

• CELL (from Lat. cella, probably from an Indo-European kal —seen in Lat. celare, to hide; another suggestion connects the word with Lat. cera, wax, taking the original meaning to refer to the honeycomb)

cell, the phenomena of See also:

• ELECTROLYSIS (formed from Gr. Xbety, to loosen)

electrolysis and the See also:

• SPEED, JOHN (1552–1629)

speed of the See also:

• ION

ion, electromagnetic waves and wireless telegraphy, the See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion of the See also:

• AETHER, or ETHER (Gr. deli p, probably from caeca, I burn, though Plato in his Cratylus (410 B)

aether nea: ,ne See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth, and the application of See also:

• ELECTRICITY

electricity to the dispersal of See also:

• FOG

fog and See also:

• SMOKE (from O. Eng. smeocan, to smoke, reek, cf. Dutch meek, Ger. Schmauch, probably allied to Gr. vol9caiv)

smoke . He presided over the mathematical and See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section of the See also:

• BRITISH

British Association in 1891, and served as See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Physical Society in 1899–1900 and of the Society for Psychical See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

Research in 1901–1904 . In addition to numerous scientific See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs he wrote, among other See also:

• WORKS

works, Lightning Conductors and Lightning See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

Guards, Signalling without Wires, See also:

• MODERN

Modern Views of Electricity, Electrons and The See also:

• ETHER, (C2H5)2O

Ether of Space, together with various books and papers of a See also:

• META

meta-physical and theological See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character .