| Reference number | EC/1907/06 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XII, 241 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Bragg, Sir William Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Supplementary certificate, not on official form |
| Citation | William Henry Bragg MA, Trinity College, Cambridge. Third Wrangler, 1884. Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at the University of Adelaide since 1885. Author of the following papers: "Presidential Address to Section A of the Australian Association, 1904"; "On the Absorption of [alpha]-Rays, and on the electrification of the [alpha]-rays from Radium", Phil Mag 1904; "On the ionisation curves of radium", Phil Mag 1904; "On the [alpha]-particles of radium, and their loss of range in passing through various atoms and molecules", (with R Kleeman) Phil Mag 1905; "Note on the critical speed at which the [alpha]-particle ceases to ionise", Phil Mag 1905; "On the recombination of ions in air and other gases" (with R Kleeman) Phil Mag 1905; On the ionisation of various gases by the [alpha]-particles of radium", Phil Mag 1906; "On the [alpha]-particles of uranium and thorium", Phil Mag 1906 "On the elastic medium method of treating electrostatic [?]", Phil Mag 1902. His researches on the absorbtion of the [alpha]-particles and the ionisation produced by them have thrown quite a new light on the properties of these particles |
| Proposers | R J L Ellery; Orme Masson; E C Stirling; W Baldwin Spencer; A Liversidge; W A Haswell |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | EC/1907/05 |
| EC/1907/07 |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8140 | Bragg; Sir; William Henry (1862 - 1942); physicist | 1862 - 1942 |