| Reference number | NLB/61/269 |
| Alternative reference number | NLB/61 p160 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Frederick Alexander] Lindemann, FRS |
| Date | 13 June 1921 |
| Description | Refers to the paper by Professor Taylor Jones, Morgan and Wheeler, 'The ignition of gases by electric sparks', that Professor [Frederick Alexander] Lindemann recently reported on. Asks him to clarify whether it is now universally accepted that the process of ignition of a gas by electric sparks is accomplished through ionisation, or whether there is a body of people who believe that the process is one of conduction of heat. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Carbon |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA1226 | Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician | 1877 - 1946 |
| NA8251 | Lindemann; Frederick Alexander (1886 - 1957); Viscount Cherwell | 1886 - 1957 |