On the role of the FitzGerald-Lorentz contraction hypothesis in the development of Joseph Larmor's electronic theory of matter / Andrew Warwick.
Abstract:
'In this article I trace the development of Larmor's electromagnetic theory during the period 1893-1900, with special reference to his attempts to deal with the problem of the motion of the earth through the electromagnetic ether.'
Archive for history of exact sciences Vol. 43 (1991), p. 29-91