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Reference numberEC/1930/01
Previous numbersCert XIV, 79; A00083
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TitleAllen, Herbert Stanley: certificate of election to the Royal Society
DescriptionDate stamp on reverse
CitationDistinguished for his contributions to knowledge of experimental and theoretical physics, particularly in the fields of photoelectricity, the physical interpretation of quantum laws, static atomic models of hydrogen and helium, and the application of the quantum theory to spectral series. ('The Band Spectrum of Hydrogen.') He investigated the laws of photoelectric fatigue and the laws of resistance to motion in viscous fluids. Author of treatise on 'Photoelectricity.' Papers in Proc Roy Soc, Proc Roy Soc Edin, Phil Mag, Proc Phys Soc.
ProposersC G Barkla; O W Richardson; Alfred A Robb; Frank Horton; C T R Wilson; E T Whittaker; James Walker
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Allen, Herbert Stanley: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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NA1763Allen; Herbert Stanley (1873 - 1954)1873 - 1954
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