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RefNoNLB/61/225
AltRefNoNLB/61 p134
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John William] Nicholson, Chairman of the Mathematical Society and FRS
Date2 June 1921
DescriptionInforms Professor [John William] Nicholson that [Harold] Jeffreys has returned his paper, 'Certain geological effects of the cooling of the earth', and asks him to take a look at it. Explains that at the discussion of the paper doubt was raised over the adequacy of the author's margin for contraction. Also suggests asking [Henry George] Lyons or [Edmond Herbert Grove] Hills for a report.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1226Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician1877 - 1946
NA6296Nicholson; John William (1881 - 1955)1881 - 1955
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