| Reference number | NLB/66/548 |
| Alternative reference number | NLB/66 p303 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Sydney] Chapman |
| Date | 29 May 1924 |
| Description | Informs that 3 new papers have arrived for Chapman's committee. 1: 'On the possible ellipticity of Saturn's ring' by G. R. Goldsbrough, communicated by T. H. Havelock. Asks if it should be published or sent to a second referee following a favourable report by Sampson. States Sampson has also been asked to decide whether it should be printed in Proceedings or Transactions. 2: Asks Chapman to look through the paper 'Periodicity and the periodogram' by G. T. Walker, [FRS]. This paper of which has been forwarded by [Arthur] Schuster. Asks for a referee suggestion for 'Electrodynamics of the bohr atom' by D. N. Mallik, communicated by Larmor. Larmor states in a covering letter that he knows nothing about Quantum Theory and Jeans is critical of the article. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Carbon |
| Access status | Open |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/30/55 |
| RR/30/54 |
| RR/31/22 |
| NLB/66/556 |
| NLB/66/623 |
| NLB/66/635 |
| NLB/66/658 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA1174 | Havelock; Sir; Thomas Henry (1877 - 1968) | 1877 - 1968 |
| NA7775 | Walker; Sir; Gilbert Thomas (1868 - 1958); applied mathematician and meteorologist | 1868 - 1958 |
| NA6483 | Schuster; Sir; Arthur (1851 - 1934); physicist | 1851 - 1934 |
| NA7894 | Larmor; Sir; Joseph (1857 - 1942); physicist | 1857 - 1942 |
| NA8165 | Chapman; Sydney (1888 - 1970); mathematician and geophysicist | 1888 - 1970 |
| NA1226 | Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician | 1877 - 1946 |