| RefNo | NLB/66/53 |
| AltRefNo | NLB/66 p30 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Robert John Strutt] Lord Rayleigh, FRS |
| Date | 14 February 1924 |
| Description | Updates Robert John Strutt on his application for the use of radium, announcing that the Radium Committee have approved his application and for the Radium to be dissolved; informs that James Hopwood Jeans followed up on whether any radium could be lost by being dissolved and consulted Harrison Glew who [William Henry] Bragg telephoned on Jeans' request; satisfied that the risk of lost was none states that the radium is at the Royal Society. Includes a p.s. note of concern expressed by a previous user of the radium, [Joseph] Thomson, of the tube flying, advises it is not handled until the letter mentioned arrives from Thompson. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Carbon |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | NLB/66/32 |
| NLB/66/73 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7877 | Strutt; Robert John (1875 - 1947); 4th Baron Rayleigh | 1875 - 1947 |
| NA8140 | Bragg; Sir; William Henry (1862 - 1942); physicist | 1862 - 1942 |
| NA1226 | Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician | 1877 - 1946 |