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RefNoNLB/57/886
AltRefNoNLB/57p509
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TitleCopy letter from Sir James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Ernest Rutherford, FRS
Date27 February 1920
DescriptionThe Council of the Royal Society has authorised him to invite Sir Ernest Rutherford to give the Bakerian Lecture for 1920. He thinks there is an implied understanding that the lecture will be connected to Sir Rutherford's work on the Positive Nucleus, but there is no other limitation on subject or title. Requests to know the exact title, and the day it would suit Sir Rutherford .
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FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1226Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician1877 - 1946
NA8278Rutherford; Ernest (1871 - 1937); Baron Rutherford of Nelson1871 - 1937
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