Talk:Oliver Lodge

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Additions

Added details of his autobiography. Also that his first experiment took place on August 14. Did it really happen one year before Marconi or in the year before (i.e. months before)? Chrisw404 20:50, 7 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Chrisw404 15:50, 18 May 2006 (UTC) Added a note/reference source to the August 14 date. Corrected a tiny spelling mistake "transmited".[reply]

Chrisw404 16:00, 18 May 2006 (UTC) Added a link to Lodge papers archive at Birmingham University.[reply]

Afterlife

The article says that Lodge made no public appearances after he died. Interestingly the Scole Experiment, which involved an in depth and extensive period of research into communication with the dead under test conditions in the village of Scole in Norfolk Lodge is supposed to have been among a group of scientists who communicated with the experimenters during their work. Hmmm. ThePeg 23:30, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article also suggest that Lodge did not become interested in the subject of life after death until his son Raymond died in 1915. In fact, while his initial interest was in telepathy, he became interested in survival evidence around 1889, when he began sitting with Leonora Piper during her visits to the UK. His book, "Survival of Man," which is about life after death, was published in 1909, six years before Raymond's death. Moreover, he did not sit with "psychics," as stated. He sat with "mediums." There is a distinction.

Inventions

The article says lodge invented the spark plug, wireless, the moving-coil loudspeaker, the vacuum tube (valve) and the variable tuner. I can accept the moving-coil loudspeaker. There are problems with the rest. He invented a specific form of spark ignition; to say he invented the spark plug is not specific to what he actually did invent. As far as wireless telegraphy, it cannot be said absolutely that any one person invented what was essentially an amalgamation of many people’s inventions and researches spanning decades. If, for arguments sake, Lodge is to be considered the inventor of wireless based on his work with the coherer, then we must also consider Branly’s role. I cannot even imagine how he could be given credit as the inventor of the valve / vacuum tube. Poweroctopus (talk) 05:59, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please add the relevant correct details, with referencs. I know a little of Lodge's scientific work, but almost nothing about the technology (wireless, etc.) parts. Maybe someone else will chip in. -- Astrochemist (talk) 13:10, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]