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Reference numberNLB/65/140
Alternative reference numberNLB/65 p80
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Lord Rayleigh [Robert John Strutt], FRS
Date10 August 1923
DescriptionInforms Lord Rayleigh [Robert John Strutt] that he has written to [Professor Thomas Martin] Lowry, asking whether the paper Lowry recently communicated to the Society, [Lieutenant Colonel James William] Gifford's paper 'Some Refractive Indices of Benzene and Cyclohexane', is suitable for publication. Assumes that Rayleigh will pass it under Standing Order 43 if Lowry replies favourably. Passes on Professor [Frank] Horton's and Professor [John Cunningham] McLennan's favourable reports on A. F. A. Young's paper 'The Thermionic and Photo-Electric Properties of the Electro-Positive Metals'. Suggests publishing it in full in the Proceedings, asks whether Rayleigh agrees. Finally mentions [Arthur] Schuster's report on [Harold Albert] Wilson's paper 'An Experiment on the Origin of the Earth's Magnetic Field', says that he is sending the paper to [Sydney] Chapman for a second reference, and asks if Rayleigh will pass it under Standing Order 43 if the second report is also favourable.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA7877Strutt; Robert John (1875 - 1947); 4th Baron Rayleigh1875 - 1947
NA7850Lowry; Thomas Martin (1874 - 1936); physical chemist1874 - 1936
NA786Horton; Frank (1878 - 1957)1878 - 1957
NA1169McLennan; Sir; John Cunningham (1867 - 1935); physicist1867 - 1935
NA6483Schuster; Sir; Arthur (1851 - 1934); physicist1851 - 1934
NA1223Wilson; Harold Albert (1874 - 1964); physicist1874 - 1964
NA8165Chapman; Sydney (1888 - 1970); mathematician and geophysicist1888 - 1970
NA1226Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician1877 - 1946
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