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Reference numberEC/1888/19
Previous numbersCert XI, 150
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TitlePoynting, John Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationAuthor of the following papers - On a method of using the balance with great delicacy. Proc RS vol xxviii - On the graduation of the Sonometer. Phil Mag 1880 - On a simple form of Saccharimeter. Phil Mag 1880 - On change of State Solid-Liquid Phil Mag 1881. - On the connection between electric current and the electric and magnetic inductions in the surrounding field Proc RS vol 38
On the Transfer of Energy in the Electromagnetic Field. Phil Trans 1884 Pt II and other papers
ProposersFrom General Knowledge: J T Walker
From Personal Knowledge: A Cayley; E J Routh; Balfour Stewart; J J Thomson; G Carey Foster; J W L Glaisher; R T Glazebrook; James P Joule; W Boyd Dawkins; Osborne Reynolds; Horace Lamb; Fredk Guthrie; H W Watson; W G Adams; Oliver J Lodge; W E Ayrton
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Poynting, John Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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NA7852Poynting; John Henry (1852 - 1914)1852 - 1914
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