| Reference number | MM/18/146 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Frits Zernike to W Watsons and Sons |
| Date | 1934 |
| Description | Proposes to visit London to see CR Burch's results and to address the Royal Astronomical Society. Zernike has been experimenting with a 'phase contrast' microscope eyepiece. He requests advice on English patents and manufacturers and encloses a translation of a German patent specification (now catalogued as MM/18/47).
It was for his work on the phase constant microscope that Zernike received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1953.
With accompanying note on the letter's provenance from Harold Horace Hopkins. |
| Extent | 2 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
| Administrative history | Given by Harold Horace Hopkins, 1979. The letter came into Hopkins's possession from the firm of W Watson and Sons, microscope makers. |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6596 | Burch; Cecil Reginald (1901 - 1983) | 1901 - 1983 |
| NA752 | Zernike; Frits (1888 - 1966) | 1888 - 1966 |