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RefNoNLB/62/603
AltRefNoNLB/62 p336
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Lord Rayleigh [Robert John Strutt], Chairman of the Physics Committee and FRS
Date21 March 1922
DescriptionWrites of three papers on which a decision is required: one by [Thomas Henry] Havelock, 'Dispersion formulae and the polarisation of scattered light', one by [William] Lawrence Balls, 'Apparatus for determining the standard deviation mechanically', and one by Miguel [Antonio] Catalan, 'Series and other regularities int he spectrum of manganese'. Details the referees responses and asks the Lord Rayleigh what should be done with each.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
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CodePersonNameDates
NA1226Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician1877 - 1946
NA7877Strutt; Robert John (1875 - 1947); 4th Baron Rayleigh1875 - 1947
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