| RefNo | EC/1925/13 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XIII, 273; A56805 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Spencer, Leonard James: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Date stamp on reverse |
| Citation | Author of about forty papers on mineralogy (new minerals: Miersite, Tarbuttite, Parahopeite) and (with J E Stead) the crystalline structure of metals, eg, 'Identity of Andorite, Sundtite, Webnerite' (with G T Prior, 1897) 'Identity of Trechmann's 'beta-tin' with Stannous Sulphide' (1921). Has done much bibliographical work, eg, lists of new mineral names; crystallography and mineralogy in 'Tables annuelles de constantes'; articles in the 'Encyclopaedia Britannica,' and Thorpe's 'Dictionary of Applied Chemistry.' Books: 'The World's Minerals,' Bauer's 'Precious Stones,' and Brauns's 'Mineral Kingdom.' |
| Proposers | G T Prior; L Fletcher; W J Lewis; J E Marr; T G Bonney; Henry A Miers; C W Andrews; J W Evans; A S Woodward; J W Gregory; J E Stead; W F Barrett |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5254 | Spencer; Leonard James (1870 - 1959); mineralogist and geologist | 1870 - 1959 |