| Reference number | EC/1893/08 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XI, 240 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Hobson, Ernest William: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, and University Lecturer. Author of the following memoirs, paper and book: - 'On a Class of Spherical Harmonics of Complex Degree with Applications to Physical Problems' (Trans Camb Phil Soc, vol xiv); 'Synthetical Solutions in the Conduction of Heat' (Proc Lond Math Soc, vol xix); 'Systems of Spherical Harmonics' (ibid, vol xxii); 'On Harmonic Functions for the Elliptic Cone' (ibid, vol xxiii); 'On a Radiation Problem' (Proc Camb Phil Soc, vol vi); 'On a Theorem in Differentiation and its Application to Spherical Harmonics' (read before the Lond Math Soc, and in the press); 'On the Evaluation of a Certain Surface-Integral, and its Application to the Expansion of the Potential of Ellipsoids' (read before the Lond Math Soc, and in the press); 'On Fourier's Theorem (Messenger of Math, vol xi). Author of the article 'Trigonometry' in the 'Encyclopedia Britannica.' Author of a treatise on Trigonometry, including many of the higher developments. |
| Proposers | From Personal Knowledge: G H Darwin; J J Thomson; A R Forsyth; J W L Glaisher; A G Greenhill; E J Routh; Robert S Ball; G G Stokes; A Cayley |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Access status | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA2170 | Hobson; Ernest William (1856 - 1933) | 1856 - 1933 |