RefNoLC/1945/05
LevelItem
TitleRosenhead, Louis
Date11 November 1940
DescriptionCertificate of a Candidate for Election to the Fellowship
Suspended 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945
Lapsed 1945
CitationRosenhead, Louis (Liverpool). D.Sc. (Leeds), Ph.D. (Cantab). Profesdor of Applied Mathematics in the University of Liverpool.
Distinguished for his researches in applied mathematics, especially on problems of hydrodynamics. His papers contain new and substantial additions to knowledge in connection with the formation of vortices from a surface of discontinuity, streets of vortices, wakes and wind-tunnel interference. He has carried out important investigations on earth-tides and the variation of latitude. He has also collaborated with others on problems of boundary layer growth and the percolation of fluid through the ground, as well as on special problems in statical electricity and physical chemistry.
ProposersFrom Personal Knowledge: Proposer - J Proudman; Seconder - G I Taylor; T H Havelock; G R Goldsbrough; R V Southwell; A T Doodson; Harold Jeffreys; Sydney Goldstein
Extent1p
FormatTypescript
NotesSubsequently elected 21 March 1946
AccessStatusOpen
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