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RefNoEC/1910/15
Previous numbersCert XII, 318
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TitleSoddy, Frederick: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationLecturer in Physical Chemistry and Radioactivity, University of Glasgow. Distinguished for his investigations in Radioactivity. Author of numerous papers, including: - 'The Radioactivity of Uranium' (Journ Chem So, 1902); 'Production of Radium from Uranium' (Phil Mag, 1905); 'Calcium as an Absorbent of Gases' (Proc Roy Soc, 1907); 'Relation between Uranium and Radium, Part III' (Phil Mag, 1908); 'Attempts to detect the Production of Helium from the Primary Radioactive Elements' (ibid, 1908); 'Radioactivity' (Elect Publ Co, 1904); 'The Evolution of Matter as Revealed by the Radioactive Elements' (Wilde Lecture, Manch Lit and Phil Soc, 1904); 'Present Position of Radioactivity' (Pres Address, Journ Rontgen Soc); 'Internal Energy of Elements' (Proc Inst Elect Eng, 1906); 'Annual Reports on Radioactivity, 1904-1907' (Journ Chem Soc). With Prof Rutherford the following: - 'Radioactivity of Thorium Compounds, Parts I and II' (Journ Chem Soc, 1902); 'Cause and Nature of Radioactivity, Parts I and II' (Phil Mag, 1902); 'Radioactivity of Uranium' (ibid, 1903); 'A Comparative Study of the Radioactivity of Radium and Thorium' (ibid, 1903); 'The Condensation of the Radioactive Emanations' (ibid, 1903); 'Radioactive Change (ibid, 1903). With Sir William Ramsay: - 'The Production of Helium from Radium' (Proc Roy Soc, 1903); 'Further Experiments on the Production of Helium from Radium' (ibid, 1904). With T D Mackenzie: - 'The Relation between Uranium and Radium' (Phil Mag, 1907); 'The Electric Discharge in Monatomic Gases' (Proc Roy Soc, 1908). With Baron R von Hirsch: - 'A Gas Generated from Aluminium Electrodes' (Phil Mag, 1907).
ProposersE Rutherford; Joseph John Thomson; H B Dixon; William Ramsay; J N Collie; J Joly; S Young; A V Harcourt; Henry E Roscoe; James Dewar; William A Tilden
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Soddy, Frederick: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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