| RefNo | AP/78/4 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'The bending of electric waves round a spherical obstacle' by J W [John William] Nicholson |
| Date | 1908 |
| Description | Nicholson presents mechanical problems regarding the bending of electric waves around spherical objects. He notes that 'when the character of the obstacle differs only in a small degree from that of the medium around it, a solution may be obtained, whatever its size and form. But when the difference of character is very marked, as for example in the case of electric waves, when the permeability and dielectric constant are arbitrary, the solutions of value relate only to the case of small spheres.'
Note on front reads 'Old MS'.
Subject: Physics / Mathematics
Received 20 July 1908. Communicated by Joseph Larmor.
A version of this paper was published by Nicholson in The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science: Nicholson, John William. 'On the bending of electric waves round a large sphere: I.' The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, volume 19, number 112 (1910), pp. 516-537. |
| Extent | 32p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1080/14786440408636832 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/17/331 |
| RR/17/332 |
| RR/17/333 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7894 | Larmor; Sir; Joseph (1857 - 1942); physicist | 1857 - 1942 |
| NA6296 | Nicholson; John William (1881 - 1955) | 1881 - 1955 |