| RefNo | EC/1932/14 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XIV, 131; A56880 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Smith, Thomas: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Date stamp on reverse |
| Citation | Has carried out general mathematical investigations having applications in several branches of physics, but more especially relating to optics. Main work the simplification and generalisation of the theory of lenses, the evaluation of the Hamiltonian coefficients of aberration for lenses with surfaces of arbitrary form, the construction of general solutions of the aberrational quations, and the methods of testing optical instruments. Author of about 80 original scientific papers. |
| Proposers | Herbert Jackson; F Twyman; F E Smith; J E Petavel; T E Stanton; R V Southwell; E Griffiths |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1858 | Smith; Thomas (1883 - 1969) | 1883 - 1969 |