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Reference numberNLB/66/408
Alternative reference numberNLB/66 p225
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Robert John Strutt] Lord Rayleigh, FRS
Date3 May 1924
DescriptionInforms that the paper 'The use of the coherer to investigate adsorption films' by [William George] Palmer and communicated by Sir William Pope has been received, asks for Robert John Strutt to look through the attached meeting abstract [not enclosed] and return it. Also states that the paper 'The band spectrum of Hydrogen' by Dr. [Stanley] Allen has been sent to [Thomas Ralph] Merton as to [Owen Willians] Richardson's request in a letter to James Hopwood Jeans, who is still on holiday.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Related records in the catalogueRR/31/35
RR/31/34
RR/30/1
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA7877Strutt; Robert John (1875 - 1947); 4th Baron Rayleigh1875 - 1947
NA8272Pope; Sir; William Jackson (1870 - 1939); chemist1870 - 1939
NA8260Merton; Sir; Thomas Ralph (1888 - 1969)1888 - 1969
NA7014Richardson; Sir; Owen Willans (1879 - 1959); physicist1879 - 1959
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