RefNoEC/1907/13
Previous numbersCert XII, 248
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TitlePetavel, Sir Joseph Ernest: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationHe has so far devoted himself entirely to the conduct of original research in Physics and Engineering. Has distinguished himself by his investigations and original contributions to science, among which the following may be specially named. Author of 'On the Heat dissipated by a Platinium Surface at High Temperatures' (Phil Trans, vol cxci); 'On Thermal Emissivity in High Pressure Gases' (ibid, vol cxcvii); 'An Experimental Research on some Standards of Light' (Proc Roy Soc, vol lxv); 'The Measurement of High Pressure Explosions ' (Manchester Memoirs, vol xlvi); 'A Recording Manometer for High Pressure Explosions' (Phil Mag, May, 1902); 'A Preliminary Study of a New Standard of Light' (The Electrician, vol 1).
ProposersA Schuster; Rayleigh; Andrew Noble; R T Glazebrook; H B Dixon; G C Foster; R Threlfall
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Petavel, Sir Joseph Ernest: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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NA8267Petavel; Sir; Joseph Ernest (1873 - 1936)1873 - 1936
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