| RefNo | EC/1872/09 |
| Previous numbers | Cert X, 191 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Adams, William Grylls: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Formerly Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge.
Examiner in the University of London.
Actively engaged in Physical Investigations, and in promoting the practical study of Physics as a branch of higher education.
Author of Paper "on the application of the principle of the Screw to the floats of Paddle-wheels" (Phil Mag vol 29)
also of a Paper "on the determination of the degree of Polarization in the case of a ray of common light obliquely incident on parallel plates' (Phil Mag vol 41). |
| Proposers | From General Knowledge. Bartholomew Price; John Phillips; Frederick Guthrie.
From Personal Knowledge. R B Clifton; Henry W Acland; William Esson; Charles C Babington; J Chalis; J Clerk Maxwell; S Parkinson; J C Adams; William Thomson; J H Gladstone; J J Sylvester; Alexr W Williamson; Wm Odling |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8034 | Adams; William Grylls (1836 - 1915); scientist and university teacher | 1836 - 1915 |