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RefNoNLB/66/720
AltRefNoNLB/66 p401
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Sydney] Chapman
Date25 June 1924
DescriptionInforms Chapman on 4 matters. 1: Gives thanks for the report on the paper 'Perturbations of harmonic tidal constants', by Doodson, which will now be published. 2: That Charles Darwin has reported adversely to the paper 'Electrodynamics of the Bohr Atom' by D. N. Mallik, and that Chapman may need to look at it if Larmor does not withdraw it. 3: A similar case with Lamb reporting adversely to the paper 'The vibrations of a stretched membrane of non-uniform surface density' by E.L. Ince. 4: States that a new paper has been sent to [Horace] Lamb [Chairman of the Mathematics Committee], 'Elastic waves at the surface of separation of the two solids', by R. Stoneley, communicated by H.F. Baker. Asks if it should be published straight away following a favourable report.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7577Baker; Henry Frederick (1866 - 1956); mathematician1866 - 1956
NA8246Lamb; Sir; Horace (1849 - 1934)1849 - 1934
NA8165Chapman; Sydney (1888 - 1970)1888 - 1970
NA1226Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician1877 - 1946
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