| RefNo | EC/1894/08 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XI, 258 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Callendar, Hugh Longbourne: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Lecturer on Physics. Has made important investigations on the measurement of temperature by electrical means. These are described in the papers: - 'On the Practical Measurement of Temperature' (Phil Trans, 1887 A, p 161); 'On the Determination of the Boiling Point of sulphur,and on a Method of Standardizing Resistance Thermometers by reference to it' (ibid, 1891 A) (this paper is written in conjunction with Mr Griffiths); 'On the construction of Platinum Thermometers' (Phil Mag, July, 1891); 'Some Experiments with a Platinum Pyrometer on the Melting Points of Gold and Silver' (ibid, Feb, 1892). |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge: Arthur W Rucker; C V Boys; T E Thorpe; G Carey Foster
From Personal Knowledge: J J Thomson; R T Glazebrook; G H Darwin; J A Ewing; A R Forsyth; A Sedgwick; Robt B Hayward |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5307 | Callendar; Hugh Longbourne (1863 - 1930); physicist | 1863 - 1930 |