| RefNo | EC/1895/17 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XI, 286 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Minchin, George Minchin: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Professor of Mathematics in the Royal Indian Engineering College, Cooper Hill. Author of the following treatises: - 'Statics' (Clarendon Press Series); 'Uniplanar Kinematics' (ditto); and 'Hydrostatics' (ditto). Also of the following papers: - 'Astatic Equilibrium of any System of Forces, treated by Quarternions' (Proc Lond Math Soc); 'The Absolute Sine Electrometer' (Nature, Electrical Review, &c); 'Researches in Photo-electricity' (Proc Phys Soc); 'Seleno-Aluminium Cells and the Electromotive Forces of Starlight' (Astronomy and Astro-Physics); 'The Magnetic Field of a Circular Current'; 'The magnetic Field close to the Surface of a Wire carrying a Current' (Phil Mag, Proc Phys Soc). |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge: G Johnstone Stoney
From Personal Knowledge: A G Greenhill; Geo Salmon; Saml Haughton; Benj Williamson; Geo Fras Fitzgerald; John Perry; C V Boys; W E Ayrton; Shelford Bidwell; Arthur W Rucker; J J Walker; Edward Hull; G Carey Foster; R B Clifton; Oliver J Lodge |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1135 | Minchin; George Minchin (1845 - 1914) | 1845 - 1914 |