| RefNo | EC/1901/12 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XII, 132 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Smithells, Arthur: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Professor of Chemistry in the Yorkshire College, Leeds. Distinguished for his Investigations on the Chemistry of Flames. Author of the followin Papers (among others); 'Some Fluorine Compounds of Uranium' (Journ Chem Soc, 1883); 'Structure and Chemistry of Flames' (ibid, 1892); 'Structure of Luminous Hydrocarbon Flames' (ibid, 1892); 'Flame' (Discourse to Brit Assoc, 1893); 'Luminosity of Flames' (Phil Mag, 1894); 'The Structure and Chemistry of the Cyanogen Flame' (Journ Chem Soc, 1894, with Dr Dent); 'The Luminosity of Gases,' 'Spectra of Copper and Gold Salts' (Phil Mag, 1895); 'Flame Temperatures and the Acetylene Theory of Luminous Hydrocarbons Flames' (Journ Chem Soc, 1895); 'The Source of Light in flames' (Proc Roy Inst). Has also taken an active part in improving science teaching in schools. Has edited revised edition of Schorlemmer's 'Rise and Development of Organic Chemistry,' 1894. |
| Proposers | George Gabriel Stokes; Kelvin; Henry E Roscoe; A Schuster; O Reynolds; T E Thorpe; H B Dixon; A V Harcourt; W A Tilden; J W Swan; W Ramsay; William Crookes; W R Dunstan; T P Teale |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1350 | Smithells; Arthur (1860 - 1939) | 1860 - 1939 |