| RefNo | EC/1929/03 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XIV, 66; A02215 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Ellis, Sir Charles Drummond: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Date stamp on reverse |
| Citation | Distinguished for his researches relating to beta and gamma-rays. By his accurate measurements of beta-ray spectra was the first to show the existence of quantum levels in the nucleus. In collaboration with H W B Skinner made accurate determinations of wave lengths of gamma-rays. Later assisted by W A Wooster was able to identify the disintegration electrons and to prove that their emission precedes that of the gamma-rays; also by means of a very delicate calorimetric method to measure the average energy of the disintegration electrons and to show that they emerge from the nucleus with a continuous velocity distribution. |
| Proposers | C T R Wilson; F W Aston; O W Richardson; J J Thomson; G I Taylor; J Chadwick; R T Glazebrook |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7070 | Ellis; Sir; Charles Drummond (1895 - 1980); physicist | 1895 - 1980 |