| RefNo | EC/1884/18 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XI, 74 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Rucker, Sir Arthur William: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Arthur William Rucker
Formerly Fellow & Lecturer in Brasenose Coll Oxford. Distinguished for his acquaintance with Physics and his activity in promoting the study of Physics. He has designed and organised the Physical Laboratory in the Yorkshire College. He is the author either in whole or in part, of several communications to the Royal Socy, to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, & to Scientific Periodicals: amongst others of the following
"On the Adiabatics & Isothermals of Water"Proc Roy Soc 1874
"On a Problem in Stream Lines" Reports of Brit Assn 1881
In conjunction with Profr Reinold "On the thickness of Soap Films" Proc Roy Soc 1877
"On the Electrical Resistance of thin liquid Films &c" Phill Trans Roy Socy 1881
"On the Limiting Thickness of Soap Films"
In conjunction with Profr T E Thorpe "On the Expansion of Sea Water by Heat" Phil Trans 1875
"On the Calibration of Mercurial Thermometers by Bessel's Method" Report Brit Assn 1881
In conjunction with Profr Balfour Stewart & Profr Thorpe "Report on the Methods employed in the Calibration of Mercurial Thermometers" Report Brit Ass 1882 |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge: Rayleigh; Herbert McLeod
From Personal Knowledge: R B Clifton; Bartholomew Price; G Carey Foster; Arthur Schuster; W Boyd Dawkins; C Schorlemmer; Arthur Gamgee; Wm C Williamson; William Esson; T E Thorpe; Balfour Stewart; William A Tilden; N Story Maskelyne; A Vernon Harcourt; G H Darwin; R T Glazebrook; A W Reinold; F Guthrie; F de Chaumont |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6673 | Rücker; Sir; Arthur William (1848 - 1915); physicist | 1848 - 1915 |