Carnegie-Mellon University |
Department of Physics Schenley Park Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 [412] 621-2600 April 21, 1975 |
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Lt. Robert S. Fritzius 103 W. Sunset, NAS FPO San Francisco, California 94132 Dear Lt. Fritzius: You have undertaken an ambitious project in translating the long 1908 paper of W. Ritz. Although I believe that experimental evidence is against Ritz's theory, I also believe that there are a number of interesting critical ideas in his paper. Furthermore it is of interest for the general philosophy of science that Ritz's theory, so different in structure from that of Maxwell, Lorentz and Einstein, could come so close to describing correctly the vast quantity of phenomena described today by relativistic electromagnetic theory. An English translation of Ritz's monumental effort is certainly worthwhile. I would be delighted to have a copy when your labors are finished. Thanks. |
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Sincerely,
John G. Fox Professor of Physics |
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