| RefNo | EC/1903/10 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XII, 174 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Rutherford, Ernest, Baron Rutherford of Nelson: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Professor of Experimental Physics, McGill University, Montreal. As one who has made discoveries in the science of Electricity, and as the author of the following papers: - 'A Magnetic Detector of Electromagnetic Waves and some of its Applications' (Phil Trans, 1897); 'On the Passage of Electricity through Gases exposed to Rontgen Rays' (with Prof J J Thomson) (Phil Mag, vol xlii, p 392); 'On the Electrification of Gases exposed to Rontgen Rays and the Absorption of Rontgen Rays by Gases and Vapours' (ibid, vol xliii, p 241); 'On a Radio-active Substance emitted by Thorium compounds' (ibid, vol xlix, p 1); 'On Radio-activity produced in a Substance by the action of Thorium compounds' (ibid, vol xlix, p 161); 'The Discharge of Electrification by Ultra-Violet Light' (Proc Camb Phil Soc, vol ix, p 401); 'Dependence of the Current through Conducting Gases on the Direction of the Electric Field' (Phil Mag, series VI, vol ii, p 210); 'Dischargeof Electricity from Glowing Platium and the Velocity of the Ions' (Physical Review, vol xiii, p 321); 'On the Effect of Temperature on Radio-active Substances' (Physikal Zeits, 1901); 'On the Energy of Rontgen and Becquerel Rays' (with McClung) (Phil Trans, 1901) |
| Proposers | J J Thomson; Rayleigh; O J Lodge; J H Poynting; [George Gabriel Stokes]; C T R Wilson |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8278 | Rutherford; Ernest (1871 - 1937); Baron Rutherford of Nelson | 1871 - 1937 |