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Authorised form of nameDye; David William (1887 - 1932)
Other forms of nameWilliam David
Dates1887 - 1932
Date of birth30 December 1887
Date of death18/02/1932
ActivityEducation:
BSc (Lond)
Career:
Head of Electrical Standards and Measurements Section of the National Physical Laboratory
Memberships:
ACGI
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election10/05/1928
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1932-1935 vol l pp 75-78, plate, by Edward Victor Appleton
Notes:
His Christian names are given in the order David William in R and the Year Books. In Obituary Notices and Bulloch's Roll, William David is the order given.
Royal Society codeNA787
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1928/05Dye, William David: certificate of election to the Royal Society
RR/28/126Referee's report by William Henry Eccles, on a paper 'The vale-maintained tuning-fork as a precision time-standard' by William David Dye25 January 1923
RR/37/118Referee's report by William David Dye, on a paper 'An ampere meter for measuring alternating currents of very high frequency' by E B MoullinJune 1928
AP/78/9/2Unpublished photographs, experimental observations by Albert Campbell and D W [David William] Dye1910
RR/49/105Referee's report by William Henry Eccles, on a paper 'The valve maintained tuning fork as a primary standard of frequency' by William David Dye and Louis Essen[October 1933]
NLB/67/292Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry [Bradwardine] Jackson, GCB, FRS, Admiral of the Fleet1 December 1924
NLB/73/225Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [William David] Dye, FRS16 March 1931
NLB/64/770Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Secretary of the National Committee for Radio-Telegraphy on Catherine Street, S.W.115 June 1923
NLB/67/625Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [William David] Dye Esq.; National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex2 February 1925
NLB/68/951Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Admiral Sir Henry Jackson, GCB, FRS7 December 1925
NLB/71/915Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [David William] Dye, FRS7 December 1928
AP/78/9/1Unpublished manuscript, 'The sound vibrations of very high frequency produced by electric sparks' by Albert Campbell and D W [David William] Dye3 December 1910
RR/30/40Referee's report by Richard Tetley Glazebrook, on a paper 'A self-contained standard harmonic wave-meter' by William David Dye23 May 1924
RR/30/41Referee's report by Frank Edward Smith, on a paper 'A self-contained standard harmonic wave-meter' by William David Dye[June 1924]
RR/43/126Referee's report by David William Dye, on a paper 'A method of measuring the effective resistance of a condenser at radio frequencies, and of measuring the resistance of long straight wires' by E B MoullinDecember 1931
AP/78/9Unpublished paper, 'The sound vibrations of very high frequency produced by electric sparks' by Albert Campbell and D W [David William] Dye3 December 1910
MC/29/34Letter from Albert Campbell, Ballynatrua, Londonderry, to The Secretaries of the Royal Society28 July 1914
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