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Reference numberNLB/66/32
Alternative reference numberNLB/66 p18
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir William [Henry] Bragg, FRS
Date12 February 1924
DescriptionInforms William Henry Bragg of Robert John Strutt's application to use 70 mgrams of radium to examine the optical spectra of gases excited by the radiation, which would require dissolve the amount in water; asks if Bragg approves of this; mentions that the radium is currently in the hands of Joseph Thomson who has finished with it and will return it to the Royal Society.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Related records in the catalogueNLB/66/17
NLB/66/53
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8140Bragg; Sir; William Henry (1862 - 1942); physicist1862 - 1942
NA8288Thomson; Sir; Joseph John (1856 - 1940); physicist1856 - 1940
NA7877Strutt; Robert John (1875 - 1947); 4th Baron Rayleigh; experimental physicist1875 - 1947
NA1226Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician1877 - 1946
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