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Reference numberNLB/62/833
Alternative reference numberNLB/62 p462
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Lord Rayleigh [Robert John Strutt], Chairman of the Physics Committee and FRS
Date17 May 1922
DescriptionInforms the Lord Rayleigh that the report on [Charles Herbert] Lees' 'The thermal stresses in solid and in hollow circular cylinders concentrically heated' was favourable and suggests passing it under Standing Order 43. Also informs him that they have received a paper by [Jnanendra Nath] Mukherjee, 'Sources of error in the measurement of the electrical charge of colloidal particles by the method of moving boundaries', and asks him to nominate a referee.
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FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
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CodeNameDates
NA1226Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician1877 - 1946
NA7877Strutt; Robert John (1875 - 1947); 4th Baron Rayleigh; experimental physicist1875 - 1947
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