| RefNo | EC/1929/09 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XIV, 72; A03915 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Kapitza, Piotr Leonidovich: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 2 May 1929 |
| Description | Date stamp on reverse |
| Citation | Distinguished for his discoveries relating to the effects of intense magnetic fields. Author of the following papers in the Proceedings of the Royal Society: - 'The Loss of Energy of an alpha-Ray Beam in its Passage through Matter' (1922); 'alpha-Ray Tracks in a Strong Magnetic Field' (1924); 'A Method of Producing Strong Magnetic Fields' (1924); 'The Zeeman Effect in Strong Magnetic Fields' (1925); 'Further Developments of the Method of obtaining Strong Magnetic Fields' (1927); 'The Study of the Specific Resistance of Bismuth Crystals and its change in Strong Magnetic Fields and some Allied Problems' (Parts I-III, 1928), and other papers. |
| Proposers | C T R Wilson; F W Aston; Richard Threlfall; F E Smith; H T Tizard; G I Taylor; R T Glazebrook; C S Sherrington |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA4517 | Kapitza; Piotr Leonidovich (1894 - 1984) | 1894 - 1984 |