| RefNo | MS/928/4/4/34 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Certificate of award of the Elliott Cresson Medal of the Franklin Instiutute, to Charles Vernon Boys |
| Recipient | Boys; Sir Charles Vernon (1855-1944); British physicist and inventor |
| Date | 17 May 1939 |
| Description | With a brief citation: 'For his scientific achievements furnishing new and remarkably precise methods for making measurements in gravitation, in sound, in heat, in radiation, and in current and static electricity'.
Signed by the President of the Franklin Institute, Philip C. Staples; the Secretary, Henry Butler Allen; and the Chairman of the Committee of Science and the Arts, William G Ellis. |
| Extent | 1p. |
| Format | Printed |
| PhysicalDescription | On paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8138 | Boys; Sir; Charles Vernon (1855 - 1944); physicist and inventor | 1855 - 1944 |