Author:Joseph Larmor

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Joseph Larmor
(1857–1942)

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Kt; Irish-British physicist and mathematician

This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB1911 by the initials "J. L.*"

This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "J. L."

Works

On the Average Pressure Due to Impulse of Vortex-Rings On a Solid, Nature, Vol. xxiv. 1881, p. 47
On a Dynamical Theory of the Electric and Luminiferous Medium, Part 3, Relations with material media (1897, Sections 13-16)
Aether and Matter (1900, Ch. 10-11)
On the ascertained Absence of Effects of Motion through the Aether, in relation to the Constitution of Matter, and on the FitzGerald-Lorentz Hypothesis (1904)
Introduction to H. Poincaré's "Science and Hypothesis" (1905)
How could a Rotating Body such as the Sun become a Magnet? (1919) in Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 87th Meeting, pp. 159-160

Contributions to EB1911

"Aether," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Energetics," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Energy," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
"Radiation, Theory of," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Radiometer," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Units, Dimensions of," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Contributions to DNB

"Stokes, George Gabriel," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1912) in 3 vols.

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.

This author died in 1942, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 81 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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