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Authorised form of nameGriffiths; Ezer (1888 - 1962)
Dates1888 - 1962
Date of birth27 November 1888
Date of death14/02/1962
ActivityEducation:
DSc
Career:
Senior Assistant at the National Physical Laboratory; ex-Fellow of the University of Wales
Honours:
OBE 1950
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election06/05/1926
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1962 vol 8 pp 41-48, plate, by C G Darwin
CodeNA1798
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1926/14Griffiths, Ezer: certificate of election to the Royal Society
RR/35/96Referee's report by Samuel Walter Johnson Smith, on a paper 'The thermal and electrical conductivity of a single crystal of aluminium' by Ezer GriffithsApril 1927
MS/928/2/78Letter from Ezer Griffiths, Physics Department, The National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex, to Charles Vernon Boys, 66 Victoria Street, London. 9 June 1932
RR/35/97Referee's report by Richard Tetley Glazebrook, on a paper 'A calorimeter for determinisation of the heat developed by fruit' by Ezer GriffithsSeptember 1927
RR/35/98Referee's report by William Bate Hardy, on a paper 'A calorimeter for determinisation of the heat developed by fruit' by Ezer GriffithsAugust 1927
RR/41/130Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'The influence of low temperatures on the thermal diffusion effect' by T L Ibbs and K E GrewAugust 1930
NLB/72/49Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Messrs Harrison and Sons, publishers]4 February 1929
RR/44/30Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'The thermal conductivities of certain approximately pure metals and alloys at high temperatures' by L C BaileyJune 1931
RR/41/73Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'On optical pyrometry' by Alfred Charles Egerton and Matthew MilfordOctober 1930
RR/45/12Second referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'The atomic heat of bismuth at higher temperatures' by L G Carpenter and T F Harlend [February 1932]
RR/50/29Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'The thermal conductivity of air' by Thomas Howell LabyOctober 1933
RR/48/62Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'Conduction of heat in powders' by W G Kannuluik and Leslie Harold Martin[February 1933]
RR/54/120Referee's report by Charles Herbert Lees, on a paper 'The determination of the specific heat of gases at high temperatures by the sound velocity method I. Carbon monoxide' by G G Sherratt and Ezer GriffithsSeptember 1934
RR/58/98Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'The isotherms of CO2 in the neighbourhood of the critical point and round the coexistence line' by A Michels, B Blaisse and C MichelsJune 1936
RR/58/99Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'Series evaluation of the isotherm data of CO2 between 0 and 150°C. and up to 3000 atm' by A Michels and C MichelsJune 1936
RR/62/7Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'The effect of pressure upon natural convection in air' by O A Saunders[May 1936]
RR/66/135Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'On the thermal conductivity of gases by a relative method with an application to deuterium' by W G Kannuluik[August 1939]
RR/63/51Referee's report by Charles Herbert Lees, on a paper 'The variation with temperature of the thermal con­ductivity and the X-ray structure of some micas I—The thermal conductivity up to 600° C' by R W Powell and Ezer GriffithsAugust 1937
RR/69/137Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'Heat transfer at low temperatures between tube walls and gases in turbulent flow' by T A Hall and P H Tsao1946
RR/43/58Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'The specific heats of air, oxygen, nitrogen from 20°C. to 370°C' by P S H HenryJuly 1931
RR/21/83Referee's report by John Allen Harker, on a paper 'The capacity for heat of metals at low temperatures' by Ernest Howard Griffiths and Ezer Griffiths[June 1914]
NLB/67/162Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Richard [Tetley] Glazebrook, KCB, FRS7 November 1924
NLB/66/285Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [Ezer] Griffiths, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex3 April 1924
NLB/71/817Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. Ezer Griffiths, FRS7 November 1928
NLB/72/238Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr Ezer Griffiths, FRS6 June 1929
NLB/72/240Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr Ezer Griffiths, FRS6 June 1929
NLB/72/42Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr Ezer Griffiths, FRS31 January 1929
NLB/73/358Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to M. le Secretaire General, Union Internationale de Physique, 45 Rue d'Ulm, Paris [France]22 June 1931
NLB/73/321Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Alfred Charles Glyn] Egerton Esq., FRS1 June 1931
RR/28/106Referee's report by Charles Herbert Lees, on a paper 'The measurement of thermal conductivity' by Ezer Griffiths and George William Clarkson Kaye[April 1923]
RR/45/11Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'The atomic heat of bismuth at higher temperatures' by L G Carpenter and T F Harle[January 1932]
RR/45/14Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'The influence of air movement and atmospheric conditions on the heat loss from a cylindrical moist body' by Alan J Canny and Charles James Martin[June 1930]
RR/50/23Referee's report by Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, on a paper 'The heats of combustion of carbon monoxide in oxygen and of nitrous oxide in carbon monoxide at constant pressure' by J H Awbery and Ezer GriffithsMarch 1933
RR/48/63Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'The thermal and electrical conductivities of several metals between - 183° C. and 100° C' by W G Kannuluik[February 1933]
RR/63/52Second referee's report by Charles Herbert Lees, on a paper 'The variation with temperature of the thermal con­ductivity and the X-ray structure of some micas I—The thermal conductivity up to 600° C' by R W Powell and Ezer GriffithsSeptember 1937
RR/48/130Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'The influence of pressure on the dielectric constant of carbon dioxide up to 1000 atmospheres between 25° and 150° C' by A Michels and C Michels[September 1932]
RR/51/47Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'An experimental investigation of thermal conduction through vapours' by S W Milverton[November 1934]
RR/38/56Referee's report by Alfred Fowler, on a paper 'The measurement of flame temperatures' by Ezer Griffiths and J H Awbery1929
RR/38/132Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'A discussion of the effects of shape and emissivityupon the thermal radiation between a body and its surroundings' by Owen Alfred SaundersDecember 1928
RR/37/94Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'The thermal conductivity of gas mixtures' by T L Ibbs and A A HirstDecember 1928
RR/47/36Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'On the saturation pressures of steam (170° to 374° C.)' by Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton and G S CallendarApril 1932
RR/53/108Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'The thermal conductivity of air by a parallel plate method' by E O Hercus and D M Sutherland[March 1934]
RR/59/22Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'Viscosity of liquid sodium and potassium' by Y S Chiong[July 1936]
RR/34/38Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'The latent heat of vaporization of benzene at temperatures above the boiling point' by J A Sutcliffe, F C Lay and W Li Pritchard[January 1927]
RR/21/84Referee's report by Charles Vernon Boys, on a paper 'The capacity for heat of metals at low temperatures' by Ernest Howard Griffiths and Ezer Griffiths[1914]
RR/28/116Referee's report by Richard Tetley Glazebrook, on a paper 'The measurement of thermal conductivity' by Ezer Griffiths and George William Clarkson Kaye7 May 1923
RR/35/135Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'The mechanical equivalent of heat' by Thomas Howell Laby and E O Hercus1927
RR/38/86Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'The thermal and the electrical conductivity of a copper crystal at various temperatures' by W G Kannuluik and Thomas Howell LabyAugust 1928
RR/48/64Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'The thermal conductivity of some gases at 0° C' by W G Kannuluik and Leslie Harold Martin[October 1933]
RR/49/150Referee's report by Ezer Griffiths, on a paper 'The specific heat of nickel and of some nickel-copper alloys' by K E Grew[December 1933]
RR/62/19Referee's report by Charles Herbert Lees, on a paper 'The determination of the specific heat of gases at high temperatures by the sound velocity method II—Carbon dioxide' by G G Sherratt and Ezer Griffiths[May 1936]
RR/66/9Referee's report by Ralph Howard Fowler, on a paper 'The thermal capacity of pure iron' by J H Awbery and Ezer Griffiths[October 1939]
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