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Reference numberNLB/61/385
Alternative reference numberNLB/61 p224
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Richard [Tetley] Glazebrook, Chairman of the Physics Committee and FRS
Date30 June 1921
DescriptionInforms Sir Richard [Tetley] Glazebrook that they have recently received four papers from Professor [John Cunningham] McLennan: 'The spectrum of potassium', 'The refractive indices of mercury and thallium vapours', 'The emmission and absorption spectra of mercury' and 'The structure of the balmer series lines of hydrogen'. Notes that Mr. [James Hopwood] Jeans has suggested Professor [Alfred?] Fowler referee the first three and Professor [Thomas Ralph] Merton referee the last one. Asks if Sir Glazebrook agrees.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8225Glazebrook; Sir; Richard Tetley (1854 - 1935)1854 - 1935
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