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RefNoNLB/66/686
AltRefNoNLB/66 p380
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Robert John Strutt] Lord Rayleigh, FRS
Date19 June 1924
DescriptionInforms Robert John Strutt on 4 matters. 1: Asks Strutt to report on the paper 'On the luminescence of nitrogen, argon, and other condensed gases at very low temperatures' by McLennan and Shrum. 2: Both of Lunt's papers have been sent to Townsend as requested. 3: Informs that Lees has reported favourably on the paper 'The thermal expansion of crystals of metallic bismuth' by J. Keith Roberts, communicated by Petavel, and asks if it should be published following the author's amendments. Asks for a referee suggested for the paper 'The cataphoresis of gas bubbles in water' by Thomas Alty and communicated by Sir Joseph Thomson. Also suggests Thomson be asked to guarantee it.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialdoi.org/10.1098/rspa.1924.0072
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA2902Townsend; Sir; John Sealy Edward (1868 - 1957)1868 - 1957
NA8267Petavel; Sir; Joseph Ernest (1873 - 1936)1873 - 1936
NA8288Thomson; Sir; Joseph John (1856 - 1940); physicist1856 - 1940
NA7877Strutt; Robert John (1875 - 1947); 4th Baron Rayleigh1875 - 1947
NA1226Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician1877 - 1946
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