RefNo | EC/1952/18 |
Previous numbers | Cert XVI, 48; A06236 |
Level | Item |
Title | Ryle, Sir Martin: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
Description | Citation typed |
Citation | Leader of a research team which has obtained results of the greatest importance in radio astronomy. Distinguished for his work both on the theoretical and experimental sides. By ingenious design of simple aerial arrangements and by using phase-switch methods has obtained very high resolving power with his Michelson-type inferometer for locating radio stars. Fertile in new ideas both for elegant and simple experimental devices, and for new theories of the origin of the radiations, he has obtained world-wide recognition as a leading expert in this interesting and important branch of science. In charge of group responsible for design of radar jamming equipment for Bomber Command during the last war. |
Proposers | From personal knowledge. W L Bragg; Edward V Appleton; H Spencer Jones; J Jackson; W M H Greaves; F J M Stratton; H H Plaskett; Sydney Chapman; P M S Blackett; O R Frisch; J A Ratcliffe; C G Darwin; G I Taylor; R O Redman; D R Hartree; Cherwell |
AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA680 | Ryle; Sir; Martin (1918 - 1984) | 1918 - 1984 |