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Reference numberNLB/64/429
Alternative reference numberNLB/64 p246
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Lord Rayleigh [Robert John Strutt], Chairman of the Physics Committee and FRS
Date11 April 1923
DescriptionWrites of three papers that they have received: one by [Louis Napoleon George] Filon and F. C. Harris, 'On the di-phasic nature of glass as shown by photo-elastic observations', one by [Ezer] Griffiths and [George William Clarkson] Kaye, 'The measurement of thermal conductivity, I', and one by [Charles Vickery] Drysdale, 'The distribution of the magnetic field and return current round a submarine cable carrying alternating current'. Asks the Lord Rayleigh what should be done with each.
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FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
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