| RefNo | EC/1920/11 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XIII, 185; A04864 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Merton, Sir Thomas Ralph: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Date stamp on reverse |
| Citation | Lieut RNVR. Lecturer in Spectroscopy at University of London, King's College. Distinguished for his knowledge of spectroscopy. Auther of the following papers: - 'On a Spectrum Associated with Carbon, in Relation to the Wolf-Rayet Stars' (Proc Roy Soc, 1915); 'On a Second Spectrum of Neon' (ibid, 1914); 'On the Spectra of Ordinary Lead and Lead of Radioactive Origin' (ibid, 1915); 'On the Origin of the '4686' Series (ibid, 1915); 'On the Application of Interference Methods to the Study of the Origin of Certain Spectrum Lines' (ibid, 1915); 'The Changes in Certain Absorption Spectra in Different Solvents (ibid, 1912); 'On the Structure of Boardened Spectrum Lines' (ibid, 1916); 'On the Distribution of Intensity in Boardened Spectrum Lines' (with J W Nicholson, Phil Trans A, 1916); 'On Phenomena Relating to the Spectra of Hydrogen and Helium' (with J W Nicholson, ibid, 1917); 'The Absorption Spectra of Permanganates in Certain Solvents' (Trans Chem Soc, 1911); 'The Photography of Absorption Spectra' (ibid, 1913); 'The Form of Extinction Curves: Cobalt Nitrate Solutions' (ibid); 'The Absorption of Light by Uranous Chloride in Different Solvents' (ibid, 1914). He is a member of the Standing Committee of the Advisory Council on Glass and Optical Instruments. Worked with Sir Herbert Jackson on special researches in connection with the production and properties of laboratory and optical glass. Is officially engaged in scientific work of a confidential nature. |
| Proposers | A Fowler; Herbert Jackson; J W Nicholson; Frank Dyson; H F Newall; Rayleigh; O W Richardson; J C McLennan |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8260 | Merton; Sir; Thomas Ralph (1888 - 1969) | 1888 - 1969 |