| RefNo | PB/3/1/3/1 |
| Previous numbers | C.41 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Correspondence preceding Blackett's paper of May 1947 on Magnetic Spin |
| Date | 1947-1948 |
| Description | Letter from Blackett to Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, asking for information on 'any promising stars with high angular momentum', November 1946, and Chandrasekhar's reply enclosing report on H Babcock's paper on 78 Virgins, January 1947.
(See Bernard Lovell, 'P.M.S. Blackett: A Biographical Memoir', Royal Society: 1976, p.39 for the importance of this letter for Blackett's work).
Leter to 'Paul' [Ehrenfest] to accompany draft of paper, March 1948.
Letters from Harry Plaskett and Sydney Chapman re draft of paper, April 1948. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8165 | Chapman; Sydney (1888 - 1970); mathematician and geophysicist | 1888 - 1970 |
| NA3455 | Chandrasekhar; Subrahmanyan (1910 - 1995) | 1910 - 1995 |