2-63-1. H. Poincaré à Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
[Ca. May 1900]11endnote: 1 The letter is tentatively dated to May, 1900, from the similar invitation sent by Kamerlingh Onnes to Wilhelm Wien on 5 May 1900, in a letter offered for sale in December, 2020 by Nate D. Sanders, as noted by Darrigol (2023). Georges Sagnac was also invited to contribute to Lorentz’s Jubilee Festschrift (Bosscha, 1900); see Sagnac to Poincaré, 15 September, 1900 (§ 2-63-1).
Mon cher Collègue,
Je ne demande pas mieux que de collaborer au Jubelschrift que vous voulez dédier à M. le Professeur Lorentz dont j’admire beaucoup les travaux.22endnote: 2 Poincaré published three articles on Lorentz’s electron theory from 1897 to 1900 (Poincaré 1897, 1899b, 1899a), of which two focus on the Zeeman effect. He presented the essentials of Lorentz’s theory in his 1899 lectures at the Paris Faculty of science, along with the theory of electrodynamics of moving bodies of Heinrich Hertz and the electron theory of Joseph Larmor (Poincaré 1901). Tout me fait espérer que je pourrai d’ici au mois de décembre écrire quelque chose qui puisse figurer dans ce recueil. Mais je vous demanderai un peu de temps avant de vous donner le titre de ce travail; cela exige quelque réflexion.33endnote: 3 None of the three surviving letters from Poincaré to Kamerlingh Onnes reveals the title of Poincaré’s planned contribution to the Lorentz Jubelschrift. The autograph manuscript of his contribution (23p.), however, features the title : “La théorie de Lorentz et le principe de réaction” (Kamerlingh Onnes Archives, Boerhaave Museum). See also Poincaré to Kamerlingh Onnes, 10 November 1900 (§ 2-63-3), and Poincaré (1900).
Votre bien dévoué Collègue,
Poincaré
ALS 2p. Kamerlingh Onnes Archief, Museum Boerhaave.
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Notes
- 1 The letter is tentatively dated to May, 1900, from the similar invitation sent by Kamerlingh Onnes to Wilhelm Wien on 5 May 1900, in a letter offered for sale in December, 2020 by Nate D. Sanders, as noted by Darrigol (2023). Georges Sagnac was also invited to contribute to Lorentz’s Jubilee Festschrift (Bosscha, 1900); see Sagnac to Poincaré, 15 September, 1900 (§ 2-63-1).
- 2 Poincaré published three articles on Lorentz’s electron theory from 1897 to 1900 (Poincaré 1897, 1899b, 1899a), of which two focus on the Zeeman effect. He presented the essentials of Lorentz’s theory in his 1899 lectures at the Paris Faculty of science, along with the theory of electrodynamics of moving bodies of Heinrich Hertz and the electron theory of Joseph Larmor (Poincaré 1901).
- 3 None of the three surviving letters from Poincaré to Kamerlingh Onnes reveals the title of Poincaré’s planned contribution to the Lorentz Jubelschrift. The autograph manuscript of his contribution (23p.), however, features the title : “La théorie de Lorentz et le principe de réaction” (Kamerlingh Onnes Archives, Boerhaave Museum). See also Poincaré to Kamerlingh Onnes, 10 November 1900 (§ 2-63-3), and Poincaré (1900).
Références
- Recueil de travaux offerts par les auteurs à H.A. Lorentz. Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague. link1 Cited by: endnote 1.
- Poincaré and the reaction principle in electrodynamics. Philosophia Scientiae 27 (2), pp. 63–125. link1 Cited by: endnote 1.
- La théorie de Lorentz et les expériences de Zeeman. Éclairage électrique 11 (24), pp. 481–489. link1 Cited by: endnote 2.
- La théorie de Lorentz et le phénomène de Zeeman. Éclairage électrique 19 (14), pp. 5–15. link1 Cited by: endnote 2.
- Le phénomène de Hall et la théorie de Lorentz. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l’Académie des sciences de Paris 128, pp. 339–341. link1 Cited by: endnote 2.
- La théorie de Lorentz et le principe de réaction. Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles 5, pp. 252–278. link1 Cited by: endnote 3.
- Électricité et optique: la lumière et les théories électrodynamiques. Carré et Naud, Paris. link1 Cited by: endnote 2.