| RefNo | EC/1866/10 |
| Previous numbers | Cert X, 94 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Pratt, John Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Author of a Treatise on the "Mathematical Principles of Mechanical Philosophy"; author of five Papers, printed in the Transactions of the Royal Society, on the effects of the local attractions of land and ocean on the direction of the plumb-line in the Trigonometrical Survey of India, and that of Great Britain; also of other contributions to physical science. Eminent as a mathematician, and as a promoter of the application of mathematics to Natural Philosophy. |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge. A Cayley; W Spottiswoode; Henry Rawlinson; W H Sykes; J J Sylvester; C Holland; John Bowring; John Tyndall; James Booth; Chas Brooke; B Stewart.
From Personal Knowledge. J Challis; W Whewell; E Guest; R Willis; Andrew Scott Waugh; G B Airy; J C Adams; J R Martin; E W Brayley; J B Reade; R Strachey; A Strange |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8010 | Pratt; John Henry (1809 - 1871) | 1809 - 1871 |